Arenivaga apacha, Saussure, 1893: 296

Hollier, John, Marshall, Judith & Legendre, Frédéric, 2020, An annotated list of the Blattodea (Insecta) described by Henri de Saussure. Part 1: the Corydiidae, Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2), pp. 341-348 : 342

apacha Saussure, 1893: 296 [ Homoeogamia ]

Mexico; Chihuahua. Unspecified number of ♂.

The MHNG collection contains three specimens. A ♂ specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20574) with labels: “ Chihuahua, Amer. Cent. Mr Corcelle ” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Chihuahua, Mr Corcelle ” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Homoeogamia apacha Sauss. ♂ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned, with the wings spread. Most of both antennae, part of the tibia and the tarsi of both front legs, both middle legs, the right hind leg and the tibia and tarsi of the left hind leg are lost .

A ♂ specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20575) with labels: “ Chihuahua, Amer. Cent. Mr Corcelle ” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Chihuahua, Mr Corcelle ” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Homoeogamia apache Sauss. ♂ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Homoeogamia apacha Sauss., Cotype ♂, Muséum Genève ” [handwritten on white card]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned, with the wings spread. The end of the abdomen is detached and placed in a vial secured through the stopper on the original pin, and the right forewing is detached and glued to a card mount on the original pin. Most of both antennae, the left forewing, the left front leg, the tibia and tarsi of the right front leg, the tarsi of the right middle leg, the entire left middle and hind legs and the tarsi of the right hind leg are missing .

A ♀ specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20576) with labels: “ Chihuahua, Amer. Cent. Mr Corcelle ” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Chihuahua, Mr Corcelle ” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Homoeogamia apacha Sauss. ♀ larva?” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned, the right front tarsi are detached and glued to a card mount on the original pin. The tibia and tarsi of the right middle and hind legs and the entire left middle and hind legs are missing. Although this specimen was not explicitly mentioned in the original description (which was only as part of a key), the ♀ “Nympha(?)” is mentioned by Saussure & Zehntner (1894: 108) and the specimen is part of the type series. Box Blattodea 61.

Arenivaga apacha ( Saussure, 1893)