Pterotettix andrei, Bolivar, 1887

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Quintana-Arias, Ronald Fernando, Infante, Ivette Coque, Silva, Daniela Santos Martins & Tavares, Gustavo Costa, 2025, Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa, Zootaxa 5597 (1), pp. 1-265 : 231

Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887

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Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887: 245. Lectotype, here designated. Male. MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana: Nosy Be [Nossi Bé]. Depository : MNCN (catalog number 138 and code MNCN _Ent 375463).

Amorphopus simplex Brancsik, 1893: 185 . Synonymized under Pterotettix andrei by Günther (1939: 187).

Remarks. Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887 is not a synonym of Pterotettix asmodaeus ( Serville, 1838) . Günther (1939) proposes the synonymy of the two species. However, the same author later rectified his opinion ( Günther 1974), differentiating between them and clarifying their distribution. P. andrei was originally described apparently with a single male specimen, although París (1994) reports two male syntypes. The same situation occurred with Miriatra producta and other species, of which several type specimens are recorded by París (1994), despite Bolívar (1887) providing measurements for only one specimen.Additional measurements were provided only if the described species included both sexes. To protect and maintain the stability of the name of this species, the male specimen is selected here as the lectotype ( Fig. 156 ). The male specimen with catalog number 139 and code MNCN_Ent 375464 is selected as paralectotype.

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FIGURE 156. Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887. Male Lectotype. A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Habitus in dorsal view. C. Frons. D. Labels. Photos: M. París (MNCN).