Neoscapteriscus Cadena-Castaneda 2015
Creators: name: Sperber, Carlos Frankl
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Gryllotalpidae
Neoscapteriscus

description: Genus Neoscapteriscus Cadena-Castañeda, 2015
1. Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus (Scudder, 1869) Holotype ♂ (Fig.10)
Label data: Scapt. abbreviatus Scudd. Pernambuco. Fletcher; abbreviatus Scudd; Type 761 (on red). Conservation status: Poor condition. Left antenna is broken and left part of pronotum(in lateral and frontal of views) is broken; the tegmina and wings (in dorsal view) are ripped and with holes. Specimen locality: Brazil, Pernambuco. Additional notes: Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus (Scudder, 1869) new combination of Scapteriscus abbreviatus Scudd. Mentions of the specimen in literature: Scudder (1869).
2. Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos, 1894) Holotype of Scapteriscus acletus Rehn & Hebard 1916 ♂ (Fig.11) Label data: Scapteriscus acletus R4H H406 Type (on red); Hebardville, GA. V, 15, 1915. (H). Conservation status: Poor condition. Left hind leg glued on card and a bigger hole in the pleura region of hind coxa (in lateral view). Specimen locality: United States of America, Hebardville, Ware County, Georgia. Additional notes: Junior synonmy: Scapteriscus acletus Rehn & Hebard, 1916. Mentions of the specimen in literature: Rehn & Hebard (1916), Nickle (1992).
3. Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos, 1894) Allotype of Scapteriscus acletus Rehn & Hebard 1916 ♀ (Fig.12) Label data: Hebardville, GA. V, 15, 1915; (H). Scapteriscus acletus R4H Paratype Allotype ♀ (on yellow). Conservation status: Good condition. Specimen locality: United States of America, Hebardville, Ware County, Georgia. Additional notes: Junior synonymy: Scapteriscus acletus Rehn & Hebard, 1916. Mentions of the specimen in literature: Rehn & Hebard (1916), Nickle (1992).
4. Neoscapteriscus tenuis (Scudder, 1869) Holotype ♀ (Fig.13)
Label data: tenuis Scudder; Scapt. tenuis Scudder, Puty, Piauhy. Thayer Exp. O.H. St. John; Type 763 (on red). Conservation status: Poor condition. Specimen glued onto the pin; the tegmina and wings (in dorsal view) are ripped; mesonotum and abdomen damaged. Specimen locality: Brazil, Rio Poti, Northeast Brazil, Estado do Piauí. Additional notes: Neoscapteriscus tenuis (Scudder, 1869) new combination of Scapteriscus tenui Scudd. Mentions of the specimen in literature: Scudder (1869), Nickle (2003).
5. Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder, 1869) Lectotype ♂ (Fig. 14)
Label data: vicinus Scudder; Scapteriscus vicinus type sel. by Rehn 1916 (on red); Type 764 (on red); S.H. Scudder coll.; MCZ; Uhler; Rio Negro S.A. Conservation status: Poor condition. Antenna broken; left middle leg and both hind legs missing; remnants of fungi on the specimen. Specimen locality: Rio Negro, South Argentina Additional notes: Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder, 1869) new combination of Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder; lectotype designation by Rehn (1917). Mentions of the specimen in literature: Scudder (1869), Rehn (1917), Rehn & Hebard (1916).
6. Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder, 1869) Syntype of Scapteriscus agassizii Scudder, 1869 ♂ (Fig. 15)
Label data: Scapt. agassizii Scudd. Neuchatel L. Agassiz; agassizii Scudd; Type 7621 (on red). Conservation status: Bad condition. Antenna broken; left foreleg with pin hole (in dorsal view); tegmina damaged. Specimen locality: Switzerland, Neuchâtel, probably introduced from Central America as mentioned in original description Scudder (1869). Additional notes: Junior synonymy: Scapteriscus agassizii Scudder, 1869. Mentions of the specimen in literature: Scudder (1869), Rehn & Hebard (1916), Rehn (1917).
7. Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder, 1869) Syntype of Scapteriscus agassizii Scudder, 1869 ♂ (Fig. 16) Label data: Scapteriscus agassizii Scudder May/15 Switzerland Prof. Agassiz; Type 7622. Conservation status: Poor condition. Specimen glued onto the pin; left antenna broken; left middle leg glued onto card; mesonotum with hole (dorsal view); left tegmina ripped; remnants of fungi on the specimen. Specimen locality: Switzerland, Neuchâtel. Additional notes: Junior synonymy: Scapteriscus agassizii Scudder, 1869. Mentions of the specimen in literature: Scudder (1869), Rehn & Hebard (1916), Rehn (1917).
description: Published as part of Sperber, Carlos Frankl, 2017, The type material of Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera) deposited in the Orthoptera collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia (ANSP): an updated checklist, pp. 499-519 in Zootaxa 4318 (3) on pages 501-502, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/887784