Arachnocephalus dalmatinus, Saussure, 1877: 312 - 313

Hollier, John, Bruckner, Harald & Heads, Sam W., 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 5: Grylloidea, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (3), pp. 445-535 : 474

dalmatinus Saussure, 1877: 312-313 [ Arachnocephalus ].

Dalmatie (Brunner). Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀.

There are no specimens placed under this name but the identification labels of five specimens placed under A. vestitus Costa suggest that they are possible syntypes. A Ƌ with labels: “Ƌ Dalmatie” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Arachnocephalus vestita Cost. (= dalmatinus Sss. )” [handwritten on pale blue paper]; “Possible syntype of A. dalmatinus Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. The specimen lacks the right antenna, right front leg, both hind legs and both cerci. A Ƌ with labels: “Dalmatie, M H de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Arachnocephalus vestita Cost. (= dalmatinus Sss. )” [handwritten on pale blue paper]; “Possible syntype of A. dalmatinus Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. The specimen has lost the right antenna, the right middle and hind legs and the right cercus. A Ƌ with labels: “Dalmatie, M H de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Arachnocephalus vestita Cost. (= dalmatinus Sss. )” [handwritten on pale blue paper]; “Possible syntype of A. dalmatinus Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. Most of the left antenna is lost. A Ƌ with labels: “Dalmatie, M H de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Arachnocephalus vestita Cost. (= dalmatinus Sss. )” [handwritten on pale blue paper]; “Possible syntype of A. dalmatinus Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. Most of both antennae are missing. A ♀ with labels: “ ♀ Lesina, Dalmatie, M H de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Arachnocephalus vestita Cost. (= dalmatinus Sss. )” [handwritten on pale blue paper]; “Possible syntype of A. dalmatinus Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. The specimen lacks the right hind leg and the cerci. A number of other specimens with the same identification label but without locality data are also potentially syntypes. There are a number of specimens from Brunner’s collection in the NHMW collection from Dalmatia, presumably including syntypes, although none are labelled as such. Box A18.

A junior synonym of Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, 1855 .