Myrmecophilus americanus, Saussure, 1878: 642 - 643

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 : 451

americanus Saussure, 1878: 642-643 [ Podoscirtus ].

Brésil, Bahia (coll. Brunner de Wattenwyl nos 4867, 7933 & 7975). Three ♀. No specimens found in the MHNG. There are two ♀ syntypes in the NHMW. Podoscirtodes americanus ( Saussure, 1878) .