Pseudomastax taeniata, Saussure, 1903 b: 96 - 97

Hollier, John, 2013, 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 4: The Acridomorpha excluding the superfamily Acridoidea, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (2), pp. 203-219 : 215-216

taeniata Saussure, 1903b: 96-97 [ Paramastax ].

Brasilia (Mus. Genavense). Unspecified number of Ƌ.

One Ƌ syntype with labels: “ Brésil ” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Paramastax taeniata Sauss. , Brésil ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Paramastax Taeniata Sss. , Holotypus Ƌ, C S Carbonell, 1966” [handwritten by Carbonell on red card]. Specimen set with wings spread, these are very ragged; the antennae, the tibia and tarsi of the left front leg, the tarsi of the right front leg, most of the femur, the tibia and tarsi of the right middle leg, the tarsi of the left hind leg and the right hind leg are lost. There is considerable insect feeding-damage to the thorax and abdomen. This specimen is referred to as the holotype by Descamps (1973: 959) without comment. Images on OSF. Box S 2 .

Pseudomastax taeniata (Saussure, 1903) .