Eusphingonotus japonicus, Saussure, 1888: 84 - 85

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 : 235

japonicus Saussure, 1888: 84-85 [ Sphingonotus ].

Japonia. Unspecified number of ♁ and ♀.

Three ♀ syntypes. A ♀ with labels: “ Japon ” [handwritten on a strip of yellow paper]; “5” [handwritten in pencil on white paper]; “Musée de Genève, No 48” [printed on white card with “48” added by hand]; “ Sph. japonicus Sss. ” [handwritten on a strip of yellow paper]; “ Sphingonotus japonicus Sauss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread. A ♀ with labels: “ Japon ” [handwritten on a strip of yellow paper]; “5” [handwritten in pencil on white paper]; “Musée de Genève, No 86” [printed on white card with “86” added by hand]; “ Sph. japonicus Sss. ” [handwritten on a strip of yellow paper]; “ Sphingonotus japonicus Sauss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the last tarsal segment of the right front leg and the right hind leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “ Japon ” [handwritten on a strip of white paper]; “ Sphingonotus japonicus Sauss. ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Sphingonotus japonicus Sauss. ” [handwritten on blue paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; the left antenna, the last tarsal segment of the right front leg, two tarsal segments of both middle legs and the tibia and tarsi of the right hind leg are lost. The right hind femur and the abdomen have some insect feeding damage. Although the original description treats both sexes, the form of the labels of the only ♁ in the MHNG collections suggest that it is a more recent specimen and not a syntype. Box V 31 .

Eusphingonotus japonicus ( Saussure, 1888) .