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Orophus mexicanus (Saussure, 1859)

Orophus mexicanus (Saussure, 1859): wings. (Otu).
Orophus mexicanus (Saussure, 1859): wings. (Otu).
Orophus mexicanus (Saussure, 1859): female. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1505674; 71fade10-722d-4615-9fdd-af5c3326a9b6: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505674; 71fade10-722d-4615-9fdd-af5c3326a9b6: female head and pronotum, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505674; 71fade10-722d-4615-9fdd-af5c3326a9b6: female ovipositor (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505674; 71fade10-722d-4615-9fdd-af5c3326a9b6: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505826; 46aae46f-8650-4ca8-9029-155fc2717a03: male, lateral view (holotype of Amblycorypha tepaneca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505826; 46aae46f-8650-4ca8-9029-155fc2717a03: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Amblycorypha tepaneca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505826; 46aae46f-8650-4ca8-9029-155fc2717a03: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype of Amblycorypha tepaneca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505826; 46aae46f-8650-4ca8-9029-155fc2717a03: male cerci (holotype of Amblycorypha tepaneca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505826; 46aae46f-8650-4ca8-9029-155fc2717a03: labels (holotype of Amblycorypha tepaneca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517511; cac4caa4-1368-4d8b-b6b7-9ef672b0ce47: male (holotype of Orophus decisus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517511; cac4caa4-1368-4d8b-b6b7-9ef672b0ce47: stridulatory area of left tegmen (holotype of Orophus decisus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517511; cac4caa4-1368-4d8b-b6b7-9ef672b0ce47: stridulatory area of right tegmen (holotype of Orophus decisus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517512; 0b4360b1-7966-433c-ac0b-755464e7c192: female (holotype of Orophus notatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517512; 0b4360b1-7966-433c-ac0b-755464e7c192: ovipositor (holotype of Orophus notatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565351; b2e8ede2-681a-4cb7-8c45-59241a9611cf: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565351; b2e8ede2-681a-4cb7-8c45-59241a9611cf: male pronotum, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565351; b2e8ede2-681a-4cb7-8c45-59241a9611cf: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565351; b2e8ede2-681a-4cb7-8c45-59241a9611cf: male cerci (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565351; b2e8ede2-681a-4cb7-8c45-59241a9611cf: labels (allolectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (20)

  • Phylloptera (Orophus) mexicana Saussure, 1859: 204.

    Syntype; female; 71fade10-722d-4615-9fdd-af5c3326a9b6; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico. Syntype; ad88e291-2031-4e03-aeef-9bbac1e5f24b; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Mexico. Syntype; male; b2e8ede2-681a-4cb7-8c45-59241a9611cf; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico: Veracruz: Orizaba

  • Orophus decisus Walker, 1869: 384.

    Holotype; male; cac4caa4-1368-4d8b-b6b7-9ef672b0ce47; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); location unknown

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  • Orophus mexicanus (Saussure, 1859) in Cadena-Castañeda, 2014: 27, 28, 29.
  • Orophus mexicanus (Saussure, 1859) in Hollier & Heads, 2015: 314.

Nomenclature references (14)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2014) Las tribus Microcentrini, stat. nov. y Amblycoryphini, stat. nov. (Orthoptera: Tettiginioidea: Phaneropterinae): cuarto aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotropicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 55, 19–39.
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  • de Saussure, H. & Pictet, A. (1897) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 285–344. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm
  • de Saussure, H. (1859) Orthoptera Nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2(11), 201–212, 315–317, 390–394. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48711#page/205/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up
  • Hollier, J.A. & Heads, S.W. (2015) 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 6: The Rhaphidophoroidea, Stenopelmatoidea and Tettigonioidea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 122(2), 307–323. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/274312#page/133/mode/1up
  • Hollier, J.A. (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), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Maes, J.-M. (1998) In Insectos de Nicaragua. Museo Entomológico de León. Vol. 1, 500 pp.
  • Márquez Mayaudón, C. (1969) Estudio comparativo de los genitales externos y de los cromosomas de algunos grupos de la subfamilia Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) de Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Serie Zoologia, 40(1), 55–102.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1905) Notes on the Orthoptera of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 57, 790–843. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30015#page/878/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich
  • Walker, T.J. (2004) The uhleri group of the genus Amblycorypha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): extraordinarily complex songs and new species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 13(2), 169–183. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282004%29013%5B0169%3ATUGOTG%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Descendants and synonyms

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After distribution in Mexico.

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