Arphia crepusculum, Saussure, 1884: 67

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 : 227

crepusculum Saussure, 1884: 67 [ Arphia ].

Texas. Unspecified number of ♁.

Lectotype ♁ (designated by Otte, 1984: 314) with labels: “ Dallas Co. Iowa, Allen” [printed on white paper]; “Scudder, Type” [printed on white paper]; “ crepusculum ♀ [sic] Sss.” [handwritten on green paper]; “ crepusculum Sss. , Texas, Calif.” [handwritten on green paper]; “245” [printed on white paper]; Arphia crepusculum Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “TYPE Otte, 1882” [handwritten in pencil on white card]; “ Lectotypus ” [printed on red card]. Specimen set with wings spread. One ♁ paralectotype is present. The original description gave Texas as the locality, possibly a lapse due to the name Dallas on the locality label. Box V1.

A junior synonym of Arphia xanthoptera (Burmeister, 1838) .