Rhipipteryx fraterna var. rufescens, Saussure, 1896 a: 214

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f raterna var. rufescens Saussure, 1896a: 214 [ Rhipipteryx ].

Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith, Schumann), Orizaba (F. D. Godman) ; Guatemala, Purula in Vera Paz (Champion). Unspecified number of ♀ and ♀ .

A possible ♀ syntype with labels: “var, Guatemala, M H de Saussure ” [handwritten on ruled white card]; “ ♀ ” [printed on a square of white paper]; “ Rhipipteryx fraterna Sss. ” [handwritten on green paper]; “ Rhipipteryx mexicana , ♀, Saus., det. K.K. Günther 1972” [handwritten by Günther on white card with “det. K.K. Günther 197” printed]; “Entspricht: R. fraterna var. rufescens Sauss. , det. K.K. Günther 1972” [handwritten by Günther on white card with “det. K.K. Günther 197” printed]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings roughly folded; the left antenna and the left front middle and hind legs are missing. Box A 4b .

A junior synonym of Ripipteryx mexicana Saussure, 1859 .