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Arachnopsita cavicola (Saussure, 1897)

CollectionObject 1506160; b8c2d178-8ad7-424f-b2c3-0e10a20f5ba1, NHMUK015982384: nymph, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506160; b8c2d178-8ad7-424f-b2c3-0e10a20f5ba1, NHMUK015982384: nymph, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506160; b8c2d178-8ad7-424f-b2c3-0e10a20f5ba1, NHMUK015982384: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506160; b8c2d178-8ad7-424f-b2c3-0e10a20f5ba1, NHMUK015982384: nymph, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Arachnomimus cavicola Saussure, 1897: 251.

    Holotype; immature; NHMUK015982384; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Guatemala: Vera Paz, Cave of Lanquin

  • Arachnomimus cavicola Saussure, 1897 in Scudder, 1901: 29.
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  • Arachnopsita cavicola (Saussure, 1897) in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 468.
  • Arachnopsita cavicola (Saussure, 1897) in Pereira Junta, Castro-Souza & Ferreira, 2022: 418.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.
  • de Saussure, H. (1897) Orthoptera. Fam. Gryllidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 217–284. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm
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  • Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (1993) The cricket fauna of Chiapanecan caves (Mexico): systematics, phylogeny and the evolution of troglobiotic life (Orthoptera, Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae, Luzarinae). International Journal of Speleology, 22(1-4), 1–82. Available at http://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1361&context=ijs
  • Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (1997) Descriptions of new Amphiacustae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae). 1. Genera Nemoricantor, Arachnopsita, Mayagryllus and Prolonguripes. Entomologica Scandinavica, 28(2), 175–188. Available at http://www.mnhn.fr/oseb/Desutter/Desutter_fichiers/1997/Desutter-Grandcolas_EntScand_1997.pdf
  • Hollier, J.A., Bruckner, H. & Heads, S.W. (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 5: Grylloidea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 120(3), 445–535. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202907#page/103/mode/1up
  • Pereira Junta, V.G., Castro-Souza, R.A. & Ferreira, R.L. (2022) A new species of Arachnopsita (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves in Guatemala. Zootaxa, 5094(3), 409–434.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Alphabetical index to North American Orthoptera described in the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, 6, 1–436. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31824#page/15/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Cave inhabitant (found in cave of Lanquin).

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