Gryllus ignobilis, Saussure, 1877

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 : 488

ignobilis nigra Saussure, 1899: 602 [ Gryllus ].

[Provenance unspecified]. Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀.

One Ƌ and two ♀, all possible syntypes. There are no specimens placed under this name in the MHNG collection. The specimens placed under “ G. ignobilis ” may be syntypes of this subspecies however, being larger headed and darker than the specimens placed under “ G. ignobilis var.” A Ƌ with labels: “ Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, M. H de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Gryllus ignobilis Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “Possible syntype of ignobilis niger Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the left middle leg is missing. The right hind leg had been glued on, but is now detached and secured through the femur on a separate pin. A ♀ with labels: “ Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, M. H de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Gryllus ignobilis Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “Possible syntype of ignobilis niger Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; most of both antennae and the right hind leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “ Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, M. H de Saussure” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ Gryllus ignobilis Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “Possible syntype of ignobilis niger Sauss., Hollier 2011 ” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; the last tarsal segment of the right hind leg is missing. There is a Ƌ syntype, erroneously referred to as the holotype in OSF, in the SMFD. Box A11.

Grylloderes nefandus nigra ( Saussure, 1899).