Sphingonotus capensis, Saussure, 1884: 119 - 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

capensis Saussure, 1884: 119-120 [ Pachytylus ].

Africa merid., Promont. B. Sp. Unspecified number of ♁ and ♀.

One ♀ syntype with labels: “ Cap. B. Esp. ” [handwritten in pencil on whitish - paper]; “ Oedaleus capensis Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the right antenna, the tibia and tarsi of the left front leg, and the tarsi of the right front leg are missing. Both sexes were treated in the description, but a second ♀ and a ♁ in the MHNG were collected by Peringuey after the publication of the description and are therefore not types. Box V10 .

A junior synonym of Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870) .