Gastrimargus crassicollis, Saussure, 1888: 38

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 : 226

crassicollis Saussure, 1888: 38 [ Oedaleus ].

Africa merid., Promot. B. Sp. Unspecified number of ♀.

One ♀ syntype with labels: “ crassicollis Blanch., Cap B. Sp. M.H.S. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “Gastrim. crassicollis Blanch. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Holotypus ” [printed on a white card disk with red margin]; “ Gastrimargus crassicollis, Saussure, 1888 , J. M. Ritchie det. 1976, HOLOTYPE £” [typewritten on white card with “J. M. Ritchie det. 19” printed, and with “ HOLOTYPE ♀ ” in red]; “Type series unspecified: treat as syntype. Hollier 2011” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread, the right hind wing is lost; both antennae, the right front and middle legs, the tarsi of the left middle leg and the last tarsal segment of the right hind leg are missing. In the description Saussure attributes this species to Blanchard, but without indicating that it is a new species; Ritchie (1982: 285) regards this as an error and treats the species as Saussure’s. Box V7.

Gastrimargus crassicollis ( Saussure, 1888) .