Sphingonotus savignyi, Saussure, 1884

Hollier, John, 2012, 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 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 215-260 : 250

savignyi apicalis Saussure, 1884: 208 [ Sphingonotus ].

Turquestania, Persia; Cashmir, Ladak (Schlagintweit). Unspecified.

Two ♁ syntypes. A ♁ with labels: “ Coll. Schlagintweit, Ladák. Nro 87” [printed on yellow card with numerals handwritten]; “ Savignyi Sss , var. apicalis Sss., Himalaya ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “Sphing. savignyi Sauss. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Sphingonotus savignyi Sauss ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; both antennae, both front legs, both middle legs, the left hind leg and the tarsi of the right hind leg are lost. A ♁ with labels: “ Coll. Schlagintweit, Ladák. Nro 27” [printed on yellow card with numerals handwritten]; “ Savignyi Sss , var. apicalis Sss., Himalaya ” [handwritten on white paper]; “Sphing. savignyi Sauss. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the left antenna, the tibia and tarsi of the left front leg, the left middle leg and the tibia and tarsi of the right hind leg are lost. This taxon was synonymised with S. savignyi by Kirby (1910: 277), and does not appear on OSF. Box V 30 .

Probably a junior synonym of Sphingonotus savignyi savignyi Saussure, 1884