Neocurtilla Kirby, 1906

Sperber, Carlos Frankl, 2017, The type material of Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera) deposited in the Orthoptera collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia (ANSP): an updated checklist, Zootaxa 4318 (3), pp. 499-519 : 501

Genus Neocurtilla Kirby, 1906

1. Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832) Syntype of Gryllotalpa longipennis Scudder, 1862 ♀ ( Fig.9 )

Label data: Gryllotalpa borealis Burm brevipennis Serv. Md unique ♀; Type 8910 (on red); S.H. Scudder Coll; Gryllotalpa longipernnis Scudder. Conservation status: Poor condition. Specimen glued on the pin; antennae missing; pronotum with a hole (dorsal view), cracked (in lateral view); pronotum and abdomen glued together; left middle leg missing; tegmina and wings damaged; remnants of fungi on the specimen. Specimen locality: Uncertain, either Massachusets (Hebard collection) or Maryland (Uhler), probably this is the specimen from Hebard’s collection. Additional notes: primary homonym of Gryllotalpa longipenns Haan and junior synonym of G. hexadactyla ; Gryllotalpa borealis Burmeister, 1838 ; Gryllotalpa brevipennis . Mentions of the specimen in literature: Scudder (1862).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832): Syntype Of Gryllotalpa longipennis Scudder, 1862 (A) habitus right lateral view, (B) habitus dOrsal view, (C) habitus left lateral view, (D) cOmpOund eyes, Ocelli and missing antenna in frOntal view, (E) left fOre leg and (F) labels. Scale bar = 0.5 cm.