Bruntridactylus tartarus, Saussure, 1874 a: 26

Hollier, John & Heads, Sam W., 2012, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type specimens housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 1: The Tridactyloidea (Caelifera), Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 149-160 : 158-159

tartarus Saussure, 1874a: 26 [ Tridactylus ].

Tashkent et Samarkand. Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀.

Lectotype Ƌ (designated by Günther, 1974: 1060), mounted on white card, with labels: “2 17, Turkestan, Mr H. d. Sauss.” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “Tashkent” [printed in Cyrillic characters on a strip of white card]; “Ƌ” [handwritten on a small square of white paper]; “ Tridactylus tartarus Sss ” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “LECTO-TYPUS” [“LECTO” handwritten and “TYPUS” printed on red card]; “ Tridactylus tartarus, Saussure 1874 Ƌ, det K.K. Günther 1972, Lectotypus ” [handwritten by Günther on white card with “det K.K. Günther 197” printed]. The specimen lacks most of the left antenna. A micro-tube containing the dissected abdomen is secured on the original pin. There are also three Ƌ and two ♀ paralectotypes in the MHNG collection. Box A4b.

Bruntridactylus tartarus (Saussure, 1874) .