On the status of Tropidostethus Philippi and Elysiacris Rehn (Orthoptera, Tristiridae)

CIGLIANO, M.M.

JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH

Orthopterists' Society

Año: 1999 vol. 8 p. 53 - 58

1082-6467

Rehn (1942)described the genus Elysiacris and designated Tropinotus angusticollis Blanchard 1851 as its type species. But this species had been misidentified; it was in fact an undescribed species which has here been named Elysiacris ensicornis n. sp. The genus Tropidostethus was described by Philippi (1963)with Batrachopus? bicarinatus as its type species. But this species was a junior synonym of Tropinotils angusticollis Blanchard (1851). Here this latter species is treated as the type species of Tropidostethus. [Key words: Orthoptera, Tristiridae, Tropidostethus, taxonomic status, synonymy]Elysiacris and designated Tropinotus angusticollis Blanchard 1851 as its type species. But this species had been misidentified; it was in fact an undescribed species which has here been named Elysiacris ensicornis n. sp. The genus Tropidostethus was described by Philippi (1963)with Batrachopus? bicarinatus as its type species. But this species was a junior synonym of Tropinotils angusticollis Blanchard (1851). Here this latter species is treated as the type species of Tropidostethus. [Key words: Orthoptera, Tristiridae, Tropidostethus, taxonomic status, synonymy]