Corydia, Audinet-Serville, 1831

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 : 346

ornata Saussure 1864a: 341 [Melestoria]

India; Bombay. Unspecified series.

The MHNG collection contains one ♂ specimen (MHNG- ARTO-20394) with labels: “Indes orient. ♂ M H de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled card]; Corydia ornata ♂ Sauss.” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Corydia westwoodi Gerst. Indes var.” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “D’après une notice trouvée dans les manuscrits de Mr. de Saussure, cet insecte ne serait qu’une simple variété de C. westwoodi et vérifié par Gerstaecker. J’ai encore des doutes sur ce point ci.” [handwritten by Jean Carl on a strip of white paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. The specimen is pinned, with the wings folded. The left front leg, two tarsal segments of the right middle leg, the last tarsal segment of the left middle leg and the last tarsal segment of the right hind leg are lost. Because the type series was not defined, this specimen must be considered a syntype. Box Blattodea 59.

Eurycordia ornata (Saussure, 1864)