Species

Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861)

Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861): P. 403, Fig. 3 (after type). female, lateral view (H. costaricensis). (Otu).

Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861): P. 403, Fig. 1 (after type). female, dorsal view (H. costaricensis). (Otu).

Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861): P. 403, Fig. 2 (after type). female head, cephalic view (H. costaricensis). (Otu).

Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861): (Otu).

Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861): Fig. 68B. epiphallus. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1506351; 419726e3-1054-410d-ba93-5f614ec6a4b5: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506351; 419726e3-1054-410d-ba93-5f614ec6a4b5: Image Carbonell, C.S. female head and pronotum, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506351; 419726e3-1054-410d-ba93-5f614ec6a4b5: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506351; 419726e3-1054-410d-ba93-5f614ec6a4b5: Image Carbonell, C.S. female head and pronotum, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506351; 419726e3-1054-410d-ba93-5f614ec6a4b5: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506352; a13e670f-65ab-4796-b2b5-683d031c6661: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (syntype of Heliastus venezuelae). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506352; a13e670f-65ab-4796-b2b5-683d031c6661: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (syntype of Heliastus venezuelae). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506636; 4f4b0694-7fd4-40e2-8d58-b97ea09c92be: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506636; 4f4b0694-7fd4-40e2-8d58-b97ea09c92be: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (48)

Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861: 324.
Syntype; female; 419726e3-1054-410d-ba93-5f614ec6a4b5; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico. Syntype; female; 4f4b0694-7fd4-40e2-8d58-b97ea09c92be; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico. Syntype; female; 1e651754-8b7a-47ac-b70d-93132ed13185; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico
Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861 in Walker, 1870: 733.

Oedipoda speciosa Walker, 1870: 735.
Oedipoda tentatrix Walker, 1871: 74.
Syntype; male; 89094a70-a6c9-434f-9ba8-9986b026766d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico: Oaxaca
Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861 in Thomas, 1873: 214.
Oedipoda speciosa Walker, 1870 in Thomas, 1873: 216.
Oedipoda tentatrix Walker, 1871 in Thomas, 1873: 216.
Heliastus venezuelae Saussure, 1884: 213-214.
Syntype; female; a13e670f-65ab-4796-b2b5-683d031c6661; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Venezuela
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Saussure, 1884
Heliastus guatemalae Saussure, 1888: 91.
Syntype; male; b39b47d1-f6df-4031-bbf6-5060fd9d765b; Guatemala
Heliastus venezuelae Saussure, 1884 in Bruner, 1895: 64.
Heliastus inermus Rehn, 1900: 97.
Holotype; male; 2da6903a-9171-4071-bfa2-7f41e73882e2; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Mexico: Morelos: Cuernavaca
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Rehn, 1903: 11.
Heliastus costaricensis Rehn, 1905: 402.
Holotype; female; 4bd352dd-0339-4480-9979-b66dd386fd5c; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Costa Rica: Cartago: Turrialba: Turrialba
Heliastus venezuelae Saussure, 1884 in Rehn, 1905: 803.
Heliastus guatemalae Saussure, 1888 in Bruner, 1906: 11.
Heliastus costaricensis Rehn, 1905 in Kirby, 1910: 270.
Heliastus guatemalae Saussure, 1888 in Kirby, 1910: 170.
Heliastus venezuelae Saussure, 1884 in Kirby, 1910: 270.
Oedipoda speciosa Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Kirby, 1910: 269, 270.
Heliastus inermus Rehn, 1900 (subjective synonym of Lactista inermus Rehn, 1900) in Kirby, 1910: 237.
Oedipoda tentatrix Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Kirby, 1910: 270.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Kirby, 1910: 269.
Oedipoda tentatrix Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Uvarov, 1925: 281.
Heliastus speciosus (Walker, 1870) in Uvarov, 1925: 280.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Uvarov, 1925: 281.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Hebard, 1925: 278.
Heliastus venezuelae Saussure, 1884 in Hebard, 1933: 128.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Otte, 1970: 74.
Heliastus venezuelae Saussure, 1884 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Otte, 1984: 322.
Heliastus costaricensis Rehn, 1905 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Otte, 1984: 131.
Heliastus guatemalae Saussure, 1888 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Otte, 1984: 322.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Otte, 1984: 131.
Heliastus guatemalae Saussure, 1888 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Otte, 1995: 351.
Heliastus inermus Rehn, 1900 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Otte, 1995: 351.
Oedipoda speciosa Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Otte, 1995: 351.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Maes, 1998: 107.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Carbonell, Rowell, Bentos-Pereira & Porras, 2007: 58.
Heliastus guatemalae Saussure, 1888 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Hollier, 2012: 231.
Heliastus venezuelae Saussure, 1884 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Hollier, 2012: 254.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Hollier, 2012: 252.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Rowell & Behrstock, 2012: 236.
Oedipoda speciosa Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda sumichrasti Saussure, 1861) in Rowell, 2013: 295.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 291.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Rowell, 2013: 294.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 280.

Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in Cardona-Granda, 2015: 149.
Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) in De Gracia & Santos-Murgas, 2021: 369.

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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Named after the Swiss-Mexican naturalist and zoologist Adrien Louis Jean François Sumichrast (1828—1882).

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	8	9