Stenopelmatus sumichrasti Saussure

Stenopelmatus sumichrasti Saussure

Sumichrast’s Jerusalem Cricket

Figs 158–160

1859. Stenopelmatus sumichrasti. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 2(11): 210

1988. Stenopelmatopterus sumichrasti Gorochov. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal 67(4): 522.

Lectotype mid to late instar male (Fig. 158) here selected: (1) Stenopelmatus sumichrasti SS N. 72. (2) green label Stenopelmatus sumichrasti Sauss (3) red label Gryllus 1 Holotypus Stenopelmatus sumichrasti Sauss. THH. Mexico. Specimen deposited in MHNG Geneva. Measurements in mm: Body length 19.0, hind femur length 11.3, hind femur width 4.1. Original description notes body length as 25 mm and hind femur length as 12 mm. Subsequently (Saussure & Pictet 1897), body length was corrected to 20 mm. Rear leg tibia (Fig. 159) with 4 inner and 5 outer spines. Face with minimum, if any furrow (Fig. 159), except perhaps on lateral borders. Wing pads visible (Fig. 160). Here we transfer this species back to Stenopelmatus . We also change its status to nomen dubium (see further discussion under S. sartorianus, p. 91).

Hollier & Heads (2015) discussed 2 additional, smaller, male specimens in MHNG Geneva, both from “Vera Cruz [Mexico], t. c.” (tierra caliente, according to Hubbell 1960). Hollier (pers. comm. to DBW, January, 2020) notes that both of these smaller Veracruz males also have wing pads and small printed labels that were used by Saussure for specimens he collected on his expeditions, and that they are probably syntypes.

Origin of name. Adrian Luis Jean François Sumichrast (1828-1882), French naturalist and natural history dealer. Sumichrast accompanied Henri de Saussure on his explorations of the Antilles and Mexico from 1854 to 1856. He later settled in Santa Efigenia, Oaxaca, Mexico. More can be read about Henri de Saussure in Hollier & Hollier (2013).