Anelytra (Anelytra) Redtenbacher, 1891

Rentz, D. C. F., 2009, Nomenclatural Changes in Australian Tettigoniidae, Zootaxa 2221 (1), pp. 67-68 : 67-68

Anelytra (Anelytra) Redtenbacher, 1891

Anelytra lateralis (Erichson 1842) is transferred from Anelytra to Coptaspis Redtenbacher 1891 , the type species of which is Coptaspis brevipennis Redtenbacher 1891 , with the type locality Sydney, Australia. This leaves two other species in Coptaspis which should not be there. C. crassinervosa Redtenbacher 1891 , type locality New Caledonia and C. elegans Willemse 1966 , type locality uncertain, but not Australia, are misplaced in Coptaspis and should be moved to some other genus or genera when revisionary studies are made dealing with agraeciines from the South Pacific. The situation regarding A. nigrifrons Redtenbacher 1891 , listed in Rentz & Balderson (1979) as from Australia was solved by Ingrisch (1998) with illustrations of the species provided by Helfert & Sänger (1977) from material collected on Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain in Thailand in Eades & Otte (2009).

I have examined the types of all the relevant taxa and here designate a lectotype female (see Eades & Otte 2009 for photos of the lectotype [http://osf2x.orthoptera.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1976]) from the type series of A. lateralis Erichson 1842 in the Zoologisches Museum, Humboldt University, Berlin bearing the following labels: 1. “Type” (red label). 2. “ lateralis Er * Vandiem. Schayer” (blue label). This species appears to be synonymous with C. brevipennis but this opinion will have to await future revisionary studies.

Coptaspis Redtenbacher 1891 , therefore, is represented by micropterous Australian species with saddle-shaped pronota with very shallow lateral lobes and comprises two described species, C. brevipennis (http://osf2x.orthoptera.org/ Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=2015) and C. lateralis . Illustrations of the types of all of the above species can be viewed on the Orthoptera Species File, Eades & Otte (2009).