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Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859

Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: Pl. VIII, Fig. 33. female, dorsal view. (Otu).
Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: Pl. VIII, Fig. 33. female, dorsal view. (Otu).
Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: Pl. VIII, Fig. 36. male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: Pl. VIII, Fig. 33 a. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: Pl. VIII, Fig. 33 b. tip of hind tibia and tarsus. (Otu).
Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: Pl. VIII, Fig. 34. female tegmen. (Otu).
Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: Pl. VIII, Fig. 35. male tegmen. (Otu).
Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859: Pl. VIII, Fig. 33 c. maxillary palp. (Otu).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Paroccanthus [sic] mexicanus Saussure, 1859: 317.

    Syntype; male; cbccf566-1c74-4391-bc51-1a0064d89b59; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico: Veracruz: Orizaba. Syntype; female; 174fabc9-de4c-48d3-a5d3-e204fd1c2dda; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico: Veracruz: Orizaba

  • Orocharis scitulus Walker, 1869: 62.

    Holotype; male; 17789ff2-3243-4b49-95cd-dd38da0e99c5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Honduras

  • Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859 in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 98.
  • Paroecanthus mexicanus Saussure, 1859 in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 502.

References (12)

  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (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
  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 1, 1–224 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci01britrich
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1874) Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères, famille des gryllides. In Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris. Vol. 6, 296–515 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=PVZSAAAAcAAJ
  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1925) Dermaptera and Orthoptera from the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Part II Saltatorial Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 51, 265–310. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4261_004#page/9/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.
  • Maes, J.-M. (1998) Insectos de Nicaragua. Museo Entomológico de León, Vol. 1, 500 pp.
  • Otte, D. (2006) Eighty-four new cricket species (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) from La Selva, Costa Rica. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 132(3-4), 299–418.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2011) Taxonomy of Podoscirtinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Part 9: the American tribe Paroecanthini. Zoosystematica Rossica, 20(2), 216–270. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/content/2011/zr_2011_20_2_Gorochov.pdf
  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.
  • 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

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