Orphula jucunda Bolívar, 1896

MACHÁýKOVÁ, Lenka & FIKÁýEK, Martin, 2014, Catalogue of the type specimens deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic *, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (1), pp. 399-450 : 444

Orphula jucunda Bolívar, 1896 and O. patruelis Bolívar, 1896

Orphula jucunda Bolívar, 1896: 15 . Orphula patruelis Bolívar, 1896: 15 .

Comments. Although both species were described in the paper describing new taxa from the collecting trip of E. S. Vráz to Río Atalapo and deposited in the collection of N. M. Kheil ( BOLÍVAR 1896), no specimen identi¿ed as belonging to the genus Orphula Stål, 1873 and bearing the above locality data was found in the collection. EADES et al. (2014) indicate that the types are deposited in the Museo de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid ( Spain). It seems therefore probable that the types were never returned to N. M. Kheil and were hence never part of NMPC.

Paratettix heteropus Bolívar, 1896

Paratettix heteropus Bolívar, 1896: 14 .

Comments. Type specimen(s) are supposed to be deposited in NMPC; none is present in the collection of I. Bolívar in Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid ( PARIS 1994). No specimen with locality labels indicating its origin from the type locality of P. heteropus (Atalapo, collected by E. S. Vráz) or labeled as a new species of Paratettix by I. Bolívar was found in NMPC during the 2012í 2013 inventory. In agreement with PARIS (1994), types have to be considered lost or destroyed.

Orthoptera : Ensifera

Pholidoptera brachynota Ramme, 1951

Pholidoptera brachynota Ramme, 1951: 219 .

Comments. EADES et al. (2014) mention that the types of P. brachynota are deposited in NMPC. In contrast to that, RAMME (1951) indicates that the types are deposited in collections of W. Ramme, ‘Novak’ (likely G.-B. Novak or P. Novak, see HORN et al. 1990) and Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. No specimen of this taxon is present in the NMPC.