Svistella venustula ( Saussure, 1878 ) Kai & Robillard, 2012

Kai, Tan Ming & Robillard, Tony, 2012, Two New Cricket Species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae And Mogoplistidae) From The Mangrove Areas Of Singapore, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2), pp. 411-420 : 412

Svistella venustula ( Saussure, 1878) , new combination

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Cyrtoxiphus venustulus, Saussure 1878: 482

Cyrtoxipha venustula, Kirby, 1906: 81

Anaxipha venustula, Chopard, 1931: 137 ; 1968: 317

Remarks. — Only photographs of one male syntype from MHNG from Sumatra were examined in the present study ( Figs. 1A, B ). It is unquestionable that this Indo-Malayan species does not belong to the American genus Anaxipha . As differences in the genitalia may divide the current Anaxipha into several different genera, the species is provisionally added to Svistella until the genitalia of the male syntype and other Anaxipha species are examined. This species resembles our new species and was used for comparisons.

Figures

Fig. 1. Svistella venustula: Dorsal habitus of male holotype (A) and its labels (B). (Photographs by: P. Schwendinger, MHNG).