Melanoplus longicornis, Saussure, 1861 a: 159

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 3: The Acridoidea excluding the Acrididae: Oedipodinae, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (3), pp. 303-339 : 319

longicornis Saussure, 1861a: 159 [ Pezotettix ].

Carolina. Unspecified number of Ƌ.

One Ƌ syntype with labels: “Carol. S” [printed on white card]; “Type? Saussure” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Melanoplus longicornis ” [handwritten on green paper]; “Poepedatus longicornis Ƌ no 25” [handwritten on bluish paper]; “ Holotypus ” [printed on red card]; “Type series unspecified: treat as syntype. Hollier 2011” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with brachypterous left fore wing spread, the others folded; both antennae, two tarsal segments of the left front leg, the last tarsal segment of the left middle leg, the tibia and tarsi of the left hind leg and the last tarsal segment of the right hind leg are lost. Box Z63.

Melanoplus longicornis (Saussure, 1861) .