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Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872)

La Decticelle des alpages; Gebirgs-Beißschrecke

Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872): male (France, Massif Central). (Otu).
Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872): male (France, Massif Central). (Otu).
Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872): female (France, Massif Central). (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntypes (n= 3); male; df95269b-5d04-4e37-9566-76dd80d840bb; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Switzerland: Valais: Annivier Valley, St. Luc

Nomenclature (43)

  • Platycleis saussuriana Frey-Gessner, 1872: 8. (valid)

    Syntypes (n= 3); male; df95269b-5d04-4e37-9566-76dd80d840bb; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Switzerland: Valais: Annivier Valley, St. Luc. Syntypes (n= 2); female; cca3c2b2-29a2-401a-86ef-59e610ae0e43; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Switzerland: Valais: Annivier Valley, St. Luc

  • Platycleis saussureana [sic] (Frey-Gessner, 1872) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882: 357.
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  • Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872) in Bellmann, Rutschmann, Roesti & Hochkirch, 2019: 220.
  • Platycleis saussureana [sic] (Frey-Gessner, 1872) (misspelling of Platycleis saussuriana Frey-Gessner, 1872)

Nomenclature references (35)

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Adjectivesaussurianus, saussuriana, saussurianum
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Named after the Swiss entomologist and orthopterist Henri de Saussure (1829–1905).

Metrioptera saussuriana (Frey-Gessner, 1872)

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