Lobocneme lobipes (Redtenbacher, 1892)

Salvatrice Ippolito & Francesco Lombardo, 2015, Taxonomic considerations on Lobocneme Rehn, 1911 and Paroxyopsis Rehn, 1911 and a new synonymy (Insecta Mantodea: Stagmatopterinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 122 (2), pp. 201-206 : 202

Lobocneme lobipes (Redtenbacher, 1892)

Figs 1 -5, 6A-C

Parastagmatoptera lobipes Redtenbacher, 1892: 206 .

Parastagmatoptera lobipes . ‒ Brunner, 1893: 605. ‒ Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: 189. ‒ Kirby, 1904: 299. ‒ Rehn, 1905: 177.

Lobocneme lobipes . ‒ Rehn, 1911: 11. ‒ Giglio-Tos, 1914: 37. ‒ Giglio-Tos, 1927: 600. ‒ Beier, 1964: 950. ‒ Terra, 1995: 68. ‒ Ehrmann, 2002: 208. ‒ Otte & Spearman, 2005: pp. ‒ Agudelo et al., 2007: 110.

Typical material examined: BMNH; holotype male of Parastagmatoptera lobipes from St. Vincent ( Lesser Antilles) .

Additional material examined: MDAB; 1 male; St Vincent, Kingstown 15.5. 1937 (coll. Lombardo ) .

Note: This species has been described and illustrated by Redtenbacker (1892) based on a male from the island of St. Vincent ( Fig. 6 A-C) and currently deposited in the Natural History Museum London ( BMNH); the year after, Brunner v. Wattenwyl (1893) also furnished a brief description and illustration of the female from island of Grenada (Lesser Antilles). We examined a male from the same locality of the holotype, currently deposited in the Museum of Animal Biology of Catania ( MDAB) and we consider it useful to describe and figure the male genitalia that have been unknown until today.

External genitalia: ventral phallomere (Fig. 5) broader than long, median lobe well developed; distal process with acuminate apex directed downwards to right. Phalloid apophysis (Figs 3-4) with anterior branch enlarged with small granules, posterior branch narrower shorter and folded to right, apex exhibit sparse small spines.

Distribution: This species occurs in islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada in the west (Lesser) Antilles.