Trachypetrella anderssonii (Stal, 1875)

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 : 305

anderssonii minor Saussure, 1888a: 157 [ Methone ].

Africa meridionalis; Terra Namaquensis, desertus Karoo, Angra Pequeña. Unspecified number of Ƌ.

There are no specimens placed under this name in the MHNG collection, but there is a possible Ƌ syntype with labels: “ANGRA” [printed on pink paper]; “36” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Methone Peringueyi, Ƌ, Sss. ” [handwritten on red paper]; “ Syntype of M. anderssonii minor Sauss.? Hollier 2010” [handwritten on red paper]. The right antenna is lost. This specimen was placed in the collection as “ Methone dubius Saussure ” (an unavailable collection name) but the measurements and locality data match those given in the description of M. anderssonii minor. A second Ƌ with the same data label could also be a syntype .

A junior synonym of Trachypetrella anderssonii (Stål, 1875) .