Pachytylus capito, Saussure, 1884: 120

Hollier, John, 2012, 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 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae, Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (2), pp. 215-260 : 223

capito Saussure, 1884: 120 [ Pachytylus ].

Madagascar. Unspecified numer of ♀ .

There are no specimens placed under this name in the MHNG collection, but two specimens placed in the collection as “ P. migratoroides Reich” were identified as L. migratoria capito by B. Zolotarevsky. The measurements of the ♀ thus identified match those in the rather cursory description of P. capito , and the specimen is prossibly a syntype. One ♀, possibly a syntype, with labels: “ Madagascar, GRANDID” [printed on pink paper]; “Oedalus migrator. Reich” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Locusta migratoria capito Sauss. , ph. gregaria, B. Zolotarevsky det.” [handwritten on white card with “ B. Zolotarevsky ” printed]. ” Syntype of L. m. capito Sauss., 1884 ? Hollier 2010” [handwritten on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the claw of the left hind leg and the last tarsal segment of the right hind leg are lost. The other specimen identified by Zolotarevsky is a male, and so not a syntype. Box V 11 .

Locusta migratoria capito Saussure, 1884 .