Machaerocera mexicana, Saussure, 1861: 397

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 : 240

mexicana Saussure, 1861: 397 [ Oedipoda ].

Mexico. Unspecified.

One ♁ and 3 ♀ syntypes. A ♁ with labels: “Tescuitlan” [handwritten on a strip of white card]; “ Oedipoda mexicana Sss. ♁ type” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Oedipoda mexicana Sauss. , Typus. C S Carbonell, 1970” [handwritten by Carbonell on red card]; “Leurinotina orizabae (Sauss.) , C. S. Carbonell det. 1970” [determination and last two numerals of date handwritten on printed white card]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; the antennae, left front leg, left middle leg and the tarsi of the right hind leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “Orizaba, Sumichrast” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Oedipoda mexicana Sss. ♀ type” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Leuronotina orizabae (Sauss.) C. S. Carbonell det. 1970” [determination and last two numerals of date handwritten on printed white card]; “ Oedipoda mexicana Sauss. , Typus. C S Carbonell 1970” [handwritten by Carbonell on red card]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; the tarsi of the left front leg and the last tarsal segment of the right hind leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “Cuautl. t.c.” [printed on white card]; “ Oedipoda mexicana Sss. type” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with left wings spread and right wings folded; the anteanae, right middle leg and right hind leg are missing, the left hind leg is detached and secured through the femur on the original pin. The head and thorax show signs of insect feeding damage and the abdomen is almost totally lost. A ♀ with labels: “Texas, Mexique, 601 40” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Oedipoda mexicana Sss. ♀ type” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread. A fourth ♀ is also labelled as a type, but the locality is given as Guatemala while that in the original description is Mexico. This species was given the replacement name Tomonotus orizabae Saussure, 1884: 98 because it had become a junior homonym of Tomonotus mexicanus Saussure, 1861: 321 . Images on OSF. Box V6.

Replaced by Leuronotina orizabae ( Saussure, 1884) .