Mimetica mortuifolia, Pictet, 1888: 30 - 32

Hollier, John, 2011, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva., Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (2), pp. 345-400 : 378-379

mortuifolia Pictet, 1888: 30-32 , fig.13 [ Mimetica ].

Amérique centrale. More than one Ƌ and more than one ♀ (size variations mentioned).

One ♀ syntype with labels: “ Guatemala, M Oltram., 603 51” [printed on white card]; “ Mimetica mortuifolia , ♀ Pict.” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Pictet 1888. pl. I, fig. 13, Elytra gauche vu par Dessous.” [handwritten on white paper]; “ M. Picteti, Kirby 1906 , n.n.” [handwritten on whitish paper]; “Type” [printed on pink card with printed margin]; “ Holotypus ” [printed on red card]; “ Syntype! Description mentions both sexes. Hollier 2010 ” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the head, right front leg, both middle legs and the left hind leg are missing. The right hind leg is detached and secured on a separate pin. The prothorax is hollowed out, and has a hole left by a previous pin.

Two other ♀ placed in the collection under this name, collected by Biolley, could also be syntypes. One has labels: “ Mimetica , San Jose 1161m, P. Biolley, 320” [handwritten on white paper, the final number being in a different handwriting and circled]; “ Mimetica mortuifolia Pictet ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus? Hollier 2010 ” [handwritten on red paper]. This specimen is set with the left forewing spread and the other wings folded; it lacks the abdomen and all legs except right front leg which is detached and secured on the original pin. The other has labels: “ Mimetica, La Laguna 1000 m, Camono del Carrillo, 321, P. Biolley” [handwritten on white paper, the final number being in a different handwriting and circled]; “ Mimetica mortuifolia Pict. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “16 (Vignon)” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Syntypus? Hollier 2010 ” [handwritten on red paper]. This specimen has the left wings spread but the right wings and most of the thorax are missing; the middle and hind legs are missing and the abdomen and part of the thorax are detached and secured on a separate pin. The collection also contains a Ƌ with no locality label. Although Vignon (1931: 153) considered the first of these specimens to be the holotype, the original description indicates that Pictet studied both sexes and more than one ♀. Images on OSF. Box E29b.

Mimetica moruifoLia Pictet, 1888.