Gryllacris macilentus, Pictet & Saussure, 1891: 313 - 314

Hollier, John, 2011, An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva., Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (2), pp. 345-400 : 373-374

macilentus Pictet & Saussure, 1891: 313-314 , fig. 14 [ GryLLacris ].

Java. More than one ♀ (variation in number of spines on femur mentioned) .

Seven ♀ syntypes. A ♀ with labels: “ Java ” [printed on yellow paper]; “ Gryllacris macilenta , ♀ P. et S.” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “Musée de Genève, No 52” [number handwritten on printed white card]; “ G. macilentus Pic. + Ss.” [handwritten on lined white paper]; “ Lectotypus, Gryllacris macilentus, THH P. & S.” [handwritten by Hubbell on red card with “ Lectotypus ” printed]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; most of both antennae, the left front leg and two tarsal segments of the left middle leg are missing. A ♀ with labels: “ Gryllacris macilenta , ♀ P. et S.” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread. A ♀ with labels: “ Java ” [printed on yellow paper]; “ Gryllacris macilenta , ♀ P. et S.” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings folded; most of the right antenna and the entire left antenna are missing, as is the right front leg. A ♀ with labels: “ Java ” [printed on yellow paper]; “ Gryllacris macilenta , ♀ P. et S.” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; the right front leg is missing. A ♀ with labels: “ Java ” [printed on yellow paper]; “ Gryllacris macilenta , ♀ P. et S.” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “Musée de Genève, No 53” [number handwritten on printed white card]; “p. 81 – vic. thysanoides, H aw [?]” [handwritten in pencil on white paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; most of both antennae are missing. A ♀ with labels: “ Gryllacris macilenta , ♀ P. et S.” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “Musée de Genève, No 54” [number handwritten on printed white card]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with wings spread; most of both antennae is lost, and the head of a second pin projects from the pronotum. A ♀ with labels: “ Gryllacris macilenta , ♀ P. et S.” [handwritten on yellow paper]; “ G. macilentus ” [handwritten on white paper]; “ Syntypus ” [printed on red paper]. Specimen set with right wings spread and left wings folded; most of the antennae, the left front leg and the tarsi of the left hind leg are lost. The specimen is somewhat distorted, and seems to be teneral. The species name label in the insect box has the locality “ Java ” handwritten in the lower left hand corner. No formal designation of a lectotype appears to have been published by Hubbell. Box N 3 .

AscarogryLLacris maciLenta ( Pictet & Saussure, 1891) .