Heteropternis hyalina, Saussure, 1888: 47 - 48

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 : 232-233

hyalina Saussure, 1888: 47-48 [ Heteropternis ].

Senegalis ad flumen Casamanzam; Africa calida, Senegalis (coll. Brun. no 2022); Africa meridionalis, Natal, Transvaal; Zanzibar (coll. Brun. no 10270). More than one ♁ and ♀ .

One ♁ and one ♀ syntype. A ♁ with labels: “Cazamana, Mr Ed Sarazin” [handwritten on white card]; “Heterop. hyalina Sauss. ” handwritten on pink paper]; “ Heteropternis thoracica (Walker) , ♁, R. Roy det. 1988” [handwritten on white card with “R. Roy det. 19” printed]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; both antennae and the right front leg are missing. The specimen has been repaired with glue where the thorax and abdomen join. A ♀ with labels: “Cazamana, Mr Ed Sarazin” [handwritten on white card]; “ Heteropternis hyalina Sss ” [handwritten on red paper]; “Heterop. hyalina Sauss. ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Heteropternis thoracica (Walker) , ♀, R. Roy det. 1988” [handwritten on white card with “R. Roy det. 19” printed]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with left wings spread and right wings folded; both antennae and the last tarsal segment of the left middle leg are lost. Other syntypes, from several localities, were in the collection of Brunner von Wattenwyl when the description was published. Box V16.

A junior synonym of Heteropternis thoracica (Walker, 1870) .