Taphronota rostrata, Saussure, 1899: 644

Hollier, John, 2013, 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 4: The Acridomorpha excluding the superfamily Acridoidea, Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (2), pp. 203-219 : 213

rostrata Saussure, 1899: 644 , 645 [ Taphronota ].

Africa tropicalis, Camerun. Unspecified number of Ƌ and ♀ .

Lectotype ♀ (designated by Kevan, 1975: 109) with labels: “ CAMERUN ” [printed on pink paper]; “ Taphronota rostrata Sss ” [handwritten on pink paper]; “ Lectotype of Taphronota rostrata Sss. = T. occidentalis Kach., Det. D.K. McE. KE- VAN. 1956” [handwritten on white card with “ Det. D.K. McE. KEVAN. 195” printed]; “ Lectotypus ” [printed on red card]. Specimen set with left wings spread and right wings folded; the last tarsal segments of both front legs, the tarsi of the left middle leg, the claw of the right hind leg and the entire left hind leg are missing. There are two Ƌ paralectotypes with the same data labels. Box X 13.

A junior synonym of Taphronota occidentalis Karsch, 1892 .