Zonocerus hova, Saussure, 1899: 640

Hollier, John, 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 4: The Acridomorpha excluding the superfamily Acridoidea, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (2), pp. 203-219 : 210

hova Saussure, 1899: 640 [ Atractomorpha ].

Nossi-Bé. Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀.

Lectotype ♀ (designated by Kevan & Chen, 1969: 90) with labels: “Nossi Bé” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ ♀ LECTOTYPE, Atractomorphus hova Sss, Det. D. K. McE. Kevan, 1957” [handwritten, “ ♀ LECTOTYPE ” in red, on white card with “Det. D. K. McE. Kevan, 195” printed]; “= Atractomorpha acutipennis acutipennis (Guérin) Det. D. K. McE. Kevan, 1958” [handwritten on white card with “Det. D. K. McE. Kevan, 195” printed]. Specimens set with wings folded; most of both antennae, both middle legs and the right hind leg are lost. There is also a Ƌ paralectotype. Banerjee & Kevan (1960: 183) mention a lectotype for this species, but do not state which specimen is referred to. Kevan (1977: 363) designated this lectotype as the neotype of A. acutipennis acutipennis (Guérin-Méneville) . Box X4.

A junior synonym of Atractomorpha acutipennis acutipennis (Guérin- Méneville, 1844).