Conocephalus breviceps, Redtenbacher, 1891: 417

Hollier, John, 2012, An annotated catalogue of the type material of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Josef Redtenbacher deposited in the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (1), pp. 3-25 : 7-8

breviceps Redtenbacher, 1891: 417 , fig. 52 [ Conocephalus ].

Ceylon (coll. Brunner); Vorder-Indien , Pondichery [sic] (Mus. Genf); Java (Mus. Genf & k.k. Hofmuseum Wien);? (Mus. Hamburg). Unspecified number of ♁ and more than one ♀ (measurements given as range) .

Four ♀ syntypes. A ♀ with labels: “ Java ” [handwritten on a strip of white paper]; “ Conocephalus breviceps Redtb. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the left front leg lacks two tarsal segments, the right front and middle legs are missing, as are the tarsi of the left middle leg and the tibia and tarsi of the right hind leg. The right antenna is lost, as is most of the left antenna. The thorax, abdomen and right hind femur have been damaged, probably by museum beetle. A ♀ with labels: “Pond.” [hand written on a square of card]; “ Conocephalus breviceps Redtb. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the left antenna is lost, as are two tarsal segments from all legs except the right middle leg, there is minor damage to the abdomen, probably due to museum beetle. A ♀ with labels: “Indes orient., Mr Hy de Sauss. ” [locality handwritten on strip of white paper with name printed]; “ Conocephalus breviceps Redtb. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the right antenna is lost, as is most of the left antenna, the right middle leg is lost and the left hind leg lacks two tarsal segments. A ♀ with labels: “ Coll. Schlagintweit, Sikkim, Nro 255” [number hand written on yellow printed card]; “ Conocephalus breviceps Redtb. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; both antennae, the right front tibia, right middle leg, left hind leg and part of the tarsus and the tibiae of the right hind leg are all lost. The body shows severe insect feeding damage. Box F 10 .

A junior synonym of Euconocephalus incertus (Walker, 1869) .