Holocompsa azteca, 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 : 343

azteca Saussure, 1893: 296 [ Homoeogamia ]

Mexico. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

Saussure & Zehntner (1894) gave a full description of both sexes (in Saussure, 1893 the name only appears in a key) and stated that the provenance was Omilteme in Guerrero, leg.H.H.Smith.The MHNG collection contains eight specimens. A ♂ specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20481) with labels: “ Omilteme , Guerrero, 8000ft, July, H.H. Smith ” [printed on white card]; “Homoeogonia azteca Sauss. ♂ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “Pron. Figure!” [handwritten by Saussure on white card]; “Homoeogonia Azteca Sauss. Cotype ♂ Muséum Genève ” handwritten on white card]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned, with the wings folded. Most of both antennae and the claws of the left hind leg are lost .

A ♀ specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20482) with labels: “ Omilteme , Guerrero, 8000ft, July, H.H. Smith ” [printed on white card]; “Homoeogonia azteca Sauss. ♀ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned, with the wings roughly spread. The right hind leg is missing .

A ♀ specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20483) with labels: “ Omilteme , Guerrero, 8000ft, July, H.H. Smith ” [printed on white card]; “Homoeogonia azteca Sauss. ♂ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “figuré!” [handwritten by Saussure on white card]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned, with the wings folded. Most of the tight antenna and the last tarsal segment of the left hind leg are lost .

An immature specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20484) with labels: “Omilteme, Guerrero, 8000ft, July, H.H. Smith” [printed on white card]; “Homoeogonia azteca Sauss. larve” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned. The ends of both antennae, the right front leg and the tarsi of the left hind leg are missing.

A ♀ specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20485) with labels: “ Omilteme , Guerrero, 8000ft, July, H.H. Smith ” [printed on white card]; “Homoeogonia azteca Sauss. ♀ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned, with the wings folded .

An immature specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20486) with labels: “Omilteme, Guerrero, 8000ft, July, H.H. Smith ” [printed on white card]; “Homoeogonia azteca Sauss. Larva ♀ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned. The right front leg is lost .

An immature specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20487) with labels: “Omilteme, Guerrero, 8000ft, July, H.H. Smith ” [printed on white card]; “Homoeogonia azteca Sauss. Larva ♀ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned .

An immature specimen (MHNG-ARTO-20488) with labels: “Omilteme, Guerrero, 8000ft, July, H.H. Smith ” [printed on white card]; “Homoeogonia azteca Sauss. Larva ♂ ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is directly pinned. The ends of the antennae and the claws of the right middle and hind legs are missing. Box Blattodea 60.

A junior synonym of Homoeogamia mexicana Burmeister, 1838