Orocharis mexicanus, Saussure, 1859: 317

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 : 502

mexicanus Saussure, 1859: 317 [ Paroecanthus ].

[Provenance unknown]. Unspecified.

Three Ƌ and three ♀ syntypes. A Ƌ with labels: “Ƌ Orizaba, Mexique, env. Sumichrast” [handwritten on ruled white card with “ Mexique ” printed]; “ Paroecanthus mexicanus Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the claws of the left middle leg is lost. A Ƌ with labels: “Ƌ Potrero. Mexique, env. Sumichrast” [handwritten on ruled white card with “ Mexique ” printed]; “ Paroecanthus mexicanus Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the hind legs are detached and secured through the femur on the original pin. A Ƌ with labels: “Ƌ Potrero, Mexique, envoi Sumichrast” [handwritten on ruled white card with “ Mexique ” printed]; “ Paroecanthus mexicanus Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the left middle leg, the tarsi of the right middle leg, the tarsi of the left hind leg and the right hind leg are lost. The specimen has broken into two parts, the head and prothorax are on the original pin and the rest of the thorax and the abdomen are on a second pin. A ♀ with labels: “ ♀ Mexique ” [printed on ruled white card with “ ♀ ” handwritten]; “ Paroecanthus mexicanus Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; most of both antennae, the right middle leg and the left hind leg are lost. A ♀ with labels: “ ♀ Orizaba, Mexique, env. Sumichrast” [handwritten on ruled white card with “ Mexique ” printed]; “ Paroecanthus mexicanus Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings roughly spread; both antennae, two tarsal segments of the right middle leg, part of the tibia and the tarsi of the left middle leg, two tarsal segments of the right hind leg and the left hind leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “ Paroecanthus mexicanus Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; two tarsal segments of the right hind leg are lost. Box A 27 .

Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859 .