Uromenus melillae, Nadig, 1994: 980 - 982

Hollier, John, 2014, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Adolf Nadig with an account of the type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Revue suisse de Zoologie 121 (3), pp. 401-414 : 407-408

melillae Nadig, 1994: 980-982 [ Uromenus ].

Marokko, Melilla, Oued Kert. ♂ Holotype, 4 ♂ paratypes and 1 ♀ paratype.

♂ Holotype with labels: “ Maroc 70 MA 70: 68, Oued Kert, SW Nador, 100-200 m, 10.7.70, leg. Nadig ” [printed on white card with “68, Oued Kert , SW Nador 100-200 m 10.7.” handwritten by Nadig]; “MA 70: 68 No. 1 (♂), Abd. Ende u. Titillat.” [typed on orange card with “♂” added by hand]; “ U. melillae sp. n. ♂ det. Nadig ” [typed on white card with “♂” added by hand and “det. Nadig ” printed]; “HOLO-Typus” [printed on red card with “HOLO-” handwritten]. The right antenna, the tibia and tarsi of the left front leg, the tarsi of the right front leg and most of the tibia and the tarsi of the left middle leg are missing. Dissected genitalia are glued to a card mount secured on the original pin. The four ♂ paratypes and the ♀ paratype, labelled as allotype, are also present. Three ♂ from another locality (mentioned as “ Weitere Exemplare ” in the original description) have been erroneously labelled as paratypes. Images on OSF. Box Nadig 250.

Uromenus melillae Nadig, 1994