Metrodora simplex (Hebard, 1924)

Tylotettix simplex Hebard, 1924: 79 (original species description, type designated, considered holotype – see notes, drawing of the pronotum and the head in pl. 6, figs 1, 2, page 157).

Metrodora simplex – Günther 1939: 298 (catalogued). — Maes 1989: 50 (distributed in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua). — Barranco 2010: 26 (catalogued).

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Panamá • 1 ♂ holotype; Porto Bello; 18.VIII.1916; ANSP.

REMARKS

No living specimens of this species have been found in Central America.

Hebard (1924) in his description of the species clearly designated a single type, which is to be considered the holotype fixed by original designation according to Article 73.1.1. of the ICZN (1999).