Sphingonotus savignyi, Saussure, 1884: 208

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 : 249-250

savignyi Saussure, 1884: 208 [ Sphingonotus ].

Aegyptus; Nubia, Chartum. Unspecified number of ♁ and ♀.

Two possible ♁ syntypes. A ♁ with labels: “ Egypte, 13” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Savignyi Sauss. , Egypte ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Sphingonotus savignyi Sauss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “Possible syntype of S. savignyi Sauss., 1884 , Hollier 2010” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread. A ♁ with labels “ Egypte, Naville” [handwritten on white card]; “Sphing savignyi Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Sphingonotus savignyi Sauss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “Possible syntype of S. savignyi Sauss., 1884 , Hollier 2010” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with left wings spread and right wings folded; the right antenna is missing. Saussure refers to Savigny (1817: plate 7, figure 13) as the source of his description but he includes measurements for both sexes, implying that he also had specimens upon which to base it. Box V 30 .

Sphingonotus savignyi savignyi Saussure, 1884 .