Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of Stenopelmatus
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Weissman, David B.
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Vandergast, Amy G.
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Song, Hojun
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Shin, Seunggwan
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Mckenna, Duane D.
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Ueshima, Norihiro
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-26
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Stenopelmatus toltecus
(Saussure)
Figs 171–173
1861.
Anostostoma tolteca
.
Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 2(13):130.
1906.
Stenopelmatus toltecus
.
Kirby, W.F. A Synonymic Catalogue of
Orthoptera
(
Orthoptera Saltatoria
,
Locustidae
vel
Acridiidae
) 2:113.
Lectotype
probably adult female here selected
(
Fig. 171
): (1) Mexiq (2) tolteca, tete par devant grossie (3) green paper 40 (4) green paper Stenopelmat.
talpa Sauss
(5) red paper
Lectotypus
Anostostoma toltecus Sauss. THH.
Measurements in mm: Body length 23.6, hind femur length 8.0, hind femur width 2.4. Both rear leg tibia (
Fig. 173
) with 3 inner spines; right rear tibia with 3 outer and left with 2 outer spines. Ovipositor
Fig. 172
. Head without furrows (
Fig. 173
). Deposited MHNG
Geneva
.
New status: nomen dubium.
Hollier & Heads (2015)
discuss 2 other specimens in the original type series. One individual with locality label “Sta Cruz, Myoapan, près Orizaba, region des pine” is of little help because she is a juvenile, according to
Hubbell (1960)
, and contra
Hollier & Heads (2015)
. The third
paratype
, without any locality data, is also a juvenile female, according to
Hubbell (1960)
, and likewise unhelpful.
FIGURE 172.
Ovipositor lectotype adult
S. toltecus
.
FIGURE 173.
Lectotype adult female
S. toltecus
.
Face (left photo) without furrow. Right hind tibia (right photo) showing 3 inner and 3 outer spines.
Derivation of name
.
Saussure
named many
Mexican
animal species “tolteca” or “toltecus”.
Wikipedia
notes that the
Toltec
culture is an archaeological
Mesoamerican
culture that dominated a state centered in
Tula
,
Hidalgo
,
Mexico
, in the early post-classic period of
Mesoamerican
chronology (ca. 900–1168 CE); https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Toltec
; accessed
12 November 2020
).