Nichelius fuscopictus Bolívar, 1888

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Nichelius fuscopictus Bolívar, 1888

Bolívar 1888: 145; Carbonell, 1993: 7; Amédégnato et al., 1995: 695.

Lectotype male, (designated by Amédégnato et al., 1995), from Cuba. [ MNCN].

Distribution. Zapata swamp (Matanzas province) and coast of the Guantánamo bay (Guantánamo province), Cuba.

Notes. This species appears to be very rare, as it is only known from the type series of three specimens collected by Gundlach more than 100 years ago. There is one female labelled with a number 62 in the Gundlach collection kept at CZACC ( Fig. 1 C).

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FIGURE 1. A photographic sample of Cuban endemic Orthoptera. A. New species (possibly new genus) of Episactidae, B. New species (possibly new genus) of Ommatolampidinae, C. Specimen of Nichelius fuscopictus Bolívar, 1888 (Cyrtacanthacridinae) deposited at the Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática collection, D. Masyntes sp. (Eumastacidae), E. Polyancistroides sp. (Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae), F. Dellia prob. n. sp. and G. Dellia prob. n. sp. (Acrididae: Copiocerinae). Photos D, E. and F by Rayner Núñez Aguila. Photo G by Carlos Borrego.