Stenopelmatus politus Walker

Polished Jerusalem Cricket

Figs 120, 121

1869. Stenopelmatus politus . Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 1:193. Holotype adult female (Fig. 120) with labels “(1) red label Holotype (2) Stenopelmatus politus Walker. No locality label but on printed label from Walker’s Catalogue, under it in box, “a. Orizaba.” [state of Veracruz, Mexico] (Hubbell 1960). Deposited in NHMUK. Measurements in mm: Body length 36, hind femur length 14.8, hind femur width 4.0. Hind leg tibia (Fig. 121) with 5 outer and 4 inner spines. Furrow present on face.

1906. Stenopelmatus sartorianus, as junior synonym. Kirby, A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera ( Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:113.

1988. Stenopelmatopterus sartorianus, as junior synonym. Gorochov, Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 67(4): 521. New status: transferred back to Stenopelmatus but still junior synonym of S. sartorianus .

Derivation of name. “politus” is Latin for polished or smoothed, perhaps in reference to how the holotype looks shiny and polished, especially the tegmina.