Teleogryllus afer, Saussure, 1877: 159 - 160

Hollier, John, Bruckner, Harald & Heads, Sam W., 2013, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 5: Grylloidea, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (3), pp. 445-535 : 449

afer Saussure, 1877: 159-160 [ Gryllus ].

La Côte de Mozambique; baie d’Algoa; Madagascar; Zanzibar. More than one Ƌ and ♀ (measurements given as ranges) .

One Ƌ and two ♀ syntypes. A Ƌ with labels: “Ƌ Baie d’Algoa, Afrique” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Gryllus afer Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Teleogryllus afer (Saussure) det. D. Otte 1983” [handwritten by Otte on white card]; “ LECTOTYPE Teleogryllus afer (Saussure) D. Otte 1983 ” [handwritten by Otte on red card]. Specimen set with wings folded; the left front leg, right middle leg and the last tarsal segment of the left hind leg are missing. The right antenna, the right front leg (lacking the tarsi), the left middle leg (lacking the tarsi), and the tarsi of the right hind leg are glued to a card mount on the original pin along with the right forewing. A micro-tube with dissected parts is secured through the stopper on the original pin. The specimen is in poor condition and has been repaired with glue. A ♀ with labels: “ ♀ Zanzibar, Afrique” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Gryllus afer Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the left antenna is missing. A ♀ with labels: “ Madagascar ♀ ” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Gryllus afer Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; the left antenna, the tarsi of both front legs, the tarsi of the right middle leg, the tibia and tarsi of the left middle leg and about half of the tibia and the tarsi of the left hind leg are lost. Otte & Cade (1983: 121) incorrectly refer to the Ƌ specimen as the holotype, and do not designate a lectotype. Box A 11 .

Teleogryllus afer ( Saussure, 1877) .