Gastrimargus vitripennis, Saussure, 1888: 38 - 39

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 : 256

vitripennis Saussure, 1888: 38-39 [ Oedaleus ].

Africa meridionalis, Promont. B. Sp. Unspecified number of ♀.

One ♀ syntype with labels: “Delalande, Afrique” [handwritten on a disk of whitish paper]; “Pachytilus crassicollis Bl., Cap de b. Esp.” [handwritten on white paper]; “ vitripennis Sss., Cap B. Sp. MHS ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “Gastrim. vitripennis Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Holotypus ” [printed on a white card disk with red margin]; “ Gastrimargus vitripennis, Saussure, 1888 , J. M. Ritchie det. 1976, HOLOTYPE ♀ ” [typewritten on white card with “J. M. Ritchie det. 19” printed and with “ HOLOTYPE ♀ ” in red]; “Type series unspecified: treat as syntype. Hollier 2011” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; both antennae, the left middle leg, the tibia and tarsi of the right middle leg and the last tarsal segment of the right hind leg are lost, as is most of the abdomen, which had been eviscerated and stuffed. Ritchie (1982: 283) refers to this specimen as the holotype without discussion. Box V7.

Gastrimargus determinatus vitripennis ( Saussure, 1888) .