Leprus elephas, Saussure, 1861: 398

Hollier, John, 2012, 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 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 215-260 : 228

elephas Saussure, 1861: 398 [ Oedipoda ].

Mexico. Unspecified.

One ♀ syntype with labels: “ Leprus elephas Sss. type ♀, Mexiq.” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Xanthippus elephas Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; Oedipoda (Leprus) elephas Sauss. , Holotypus C S Carbonell 1970” [handwritten by Carbonell on red card]; “Type series unspecified: treat as syntype. Hollier 2011” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings roughly folded; both antennae, both front legs, the tarsi of the right middle leg and the last tarsal segment of the left hind leg are missing. There is serious insect feeding damage, and the abdomen is detached and glued to card on a separate pin with the label “ Oedipoda (Leprus) elephas Saussure , ♀ Holotypus ” [handwritten by Carbonell on red card]. Images on OSF. Box V 6 .

Leprus elephas ( Saussure, 1861) .