Heliastus venezuelae, Saussure, 1884: 213 - 214

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 : 254-255

venezuelae Saussure, 1884: 213-214 [ Heliastus ].

America meridionalis; Venezuela, Colombia, Panama. Unspecified number of ♁ and ♀ .

Three ♁ and five ♀ syntypes. A ♁ with labels: “COLOMBIE, 603 28” [locality printed and numerals handwritten on white paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green pape]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread. A ♁ with labels: “ COLOMBIE, 603 28” [locality printed and numerals handwritten on white paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the left hind leg is missing. A ♁ with labels: “COLOMBIE, 603 28” [locality printed and numerals handwritten on white paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded. A ♀ with labels: “ COLOMBIE, 603 28” [locality printed and numerals handwritten on white paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the tarsi of the left middle leg, and the left hind leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “Colombie? Rùhe” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the right antenna, the tarsi of the right front leg and the last tarsal segment of the left middle leg are lost. A ♀ with labels: “ COLOMBIE, 603 28” [locality printed and numerals handwritten on white paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; both antennae are missing. The right hind leg is detached and secured on the original pin. A ♀ with labels: “COLOMBIE, 603 28” [locality printed and numerals handwritten on white paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; both antennae, the left front leg, the tarsi of the right middle leg and two tarsal segments of the right hind leg are lost. A ♀ with labels: “ COLOMBIE, 603 28” [locality printed and numerals handwritten on white paper]; “ Venezuelae Sauss. , Colombie” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Heliastus venezuelae Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the tarsi of the right middle leg are lost. Carbonell did not label these specimens as types, but he considers them to belong to the type series ( Carbonell pers. comm.). The whereabouts of the specimens from Venezuela and Panama are unknown. Images on OSF. Box V 32 .

A junior synonym of Heliastus sumichrasti ( Saussure, 1861) .