Modicogryllus aterrimus CHOPARD, 1963

Husemann, Martin, Guershon, Moshe, Weinstein, Amir & Dorchin, Netta, 2024, Type catalogue of the Orthoptera collection in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Zootaxa 5468 (3), pp. 449-467 : 457

16. Modicogryllus aterrimus CHOPARD, 1963

Fig. 4a, b

Chopard, L. 1963. Notes sur la faune des Orthopteroides d’Israel et de quelques regions limitrophes (Blattodea, Gryllacridoidea, Gryllodea). Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel B 11: 167.

Holotype ♂: “ Modicogryllus / aterrimus / Type / L. Chopard det. // Loc. Har-Tuv / Date 28.II.1955 / Coll. M. Pener / Israel H.U. Zool. (Ent.) // Type [red label] // SMNH-TAUI / 135810”

Type Series: Holotype ♂, Paratype ♂.

Current status: Valid species.

Remarks: A male paratype of this species is deposited in the BMNH.

Figures

FIGURE 4: Holotypes of Modicogryllus aterrimus (a, b—dorsal, lateral, labels), Myrmecophilus nigricornis (c, d—dorsal, lateral, labels), Conocephalus bodenheimeri (e, f—dorsal, lateral, labels), Conocephalus peneri (g, h—dorsal, lateral, labels).