Modicogryllus vaginalis, Saussure, 1878: 615 - 617

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 : 528-529

vaginalis Saussure, 1878: 615-617 [ Orocharis ].

Cuba. Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀ (colour variation mentioned) .

One Ƌ and one ♀, both possible syntypes. A Ƌ with labels: “Ƌ Portorico, Dr Krug” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Orocharis vaginalis Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “Possible syntype of O. vaginalis Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; both antennae, part of the tibia and the tarsi of the right front leg, the tarsi of both middle legs, the right hind leg and the tarsi of the left hind leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “ ♀ Portorico, Dr Krug” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Orocharis vaginalis Sauss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “Possible syntype of O. vaginalis Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the left hind leg is lost. Saussure (1897: 277) gives Porto Rico rather than Cuba as the distribution for this species, suggesting that the locality in the original description was a lapse. Box A27.

Carylla vaginalis ( Saussure, 1878) .