Ripipteryx mexicana, Saussure, 1859: 316

Hollier, John & Heads, Sam W., 2012, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type specimens housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 1: The Tridactyloidea (Caelifera), Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 149-160 : 157

mexicana Saussure, 1859: 316 [ Rhipipteryx ].

Mexico calida. Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀ .

Lectotype Ƌ (designated by Günther, 1969: 349), mounted on white card, with labels: “ Oaxaca, Mexique, Mr H. d. Sauss” [handwritten on ruled white card with “ Mexique ” printed]; “ Rhipipteryx mexicana Sauss. , Mexique M.H.S.” [handwritten on green paper]; “Ƌ” [printed on a small square of white card]; “LECTO-TYPUS” [“LECTO” handwritten and “TYPUS” printed on red card]; “ Rhipipteryx mexicana, Sauss. Ƌ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Rhipipteryx mexicana Sauss ., Lectotypus, det K.K. Günther 1964, Lectotypus ” [handwritten by Günther on white card with “det K.K. Günther 19” printed]; “Lecto-TYPUS” [“Lecto” handwritten and “TYPUS” printed on red card]. The specimen lacks the left antenna, the tibia and tarsus of the left middle leg and the entire right middle leg. A micro-tube containing dissected parts is secured on the original pin. The specimen was originally directly pinned, but the card mount does not appear to be recent. There are also two ♀ paralectotypes in the MH- NG collection. Box A4d.

Ripipteryx mexicana Saussure, 1859 .