Stenopelmatus toltecus (Saussure)

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Stenopelmatus toltecus (Saussure)

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1861. Anostostoma tolteca . Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 2(13):130.

1906. Stenopelmatus toltecus . Kirby, W.F. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera ( Orthoptera Saltatoria , Locustidae vel Acridiidae ) 2:113.

Lectotype probably adult female here selected ( Fig. 171 ): (1) Mexiq (2) tolteca, tete par devant grossie (3) green paper 40 (4) green paper Stenopelmat. talpa Sauss (5) red paper Lectotypus Anostostoma toltecus Sauss. THH. Measurements in mm: Body length 23.6, hind femur length 8.0, hind femur width 2.4. Both rear leg tibia ( Fig. 173 ) with 3 inner spines; right rear tibia with 3 outer and left with 2 outer spines. Ovipositor Fig. 172 . Head without furrows ( Fig. 173 ). Deposited MHNG Geneva. New status: nomen dubium. Hollier & Heads (2015) discuss 2 other specimens in the original type series. One individual with locality label “Sta Cruz, Myoapan, près Orizaba, region des pine” is of little help because she is a juvenile, according to Hubbell (1960), and contra Hollier & Heads (2015). The third paratype, without any locality data, is also a juvenile female, according to Hubbell (1960), and likewise unhelpful.

Derivation of name. Saussure named many Mexican animal species “tolteca” or “toltecus”. Wikipedia notes that the Toltec culture is an archaeological Mesoamerican culture that dominated a state centered in Tula , Hidalgo, Mexico, in the early post-classic period of Mesoamerican chronology (ca. 900–1168 CE); https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Toltec; accessed 12 November 2020 ).

Figures

FIGURE 171. Lectotype adult female S. toltecus.

FIGURE 172. Ovipositor lectotype adult S. toltecus.

FIGURE 173. Lectotype adult female S. toltecus. Face (left photo) without furrow. Right hind tibia (right photo) showing 3 inner and 3 outer spines.