Oedaleus madecassus, Saussure, 1884: 115

Hollier, John, 2012, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 215-260 : 237-238

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scientific name	Oedaleus madecassus
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madecassus Saussure, 1884: 115 View in CoL [ Oedaleus ].

Madagascar (Mus. Genav. & coll. Brunn.). More than one ♀ (measurements given as range) .

Lectotype ♀ (designated by Ritchie, 1981: 107) with labels: “ Madagascar, M H de S” [handwritten on whitish paper]; “Gen. Oedalus” [handwritten in pencil on white paper]; “ Oedaleus madecassus Sss., Madg. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Lectotypus ” [printed on white card disk with purple margin]; “ Oedaleus (Gastrimargus) madecassus Saussure, 1884 ., J. M. Ritchie det 1976, LECTOTYPE ♀ ” [typewritten on white card with “J. M. Ritchie det. 19” printed]; “= Oedalus virgula (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1869) , J. M. Ritchie det. 1976” [printed on white card with “=” added by hand]. Specimen set with wings spread; the right antenna, the last tarsal segment of the left front leg, two tarsal segments of the right middle leg and the last tarsal segment of the left middle leg are lost. Box V9.

A junior synonym of Oedaleus virgula (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1869) .