Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894

Schwarz, Christian J., Ehrmann, Reinhard, Stiewe, Martin B. D., Mörtter, Rolf & Falkenberg, Michael, 2020, Mantodea of Panguana (Insecta: Dictyoptera), Zootaxa 4824 (1), pp. 1-66 : 22

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scientific name	Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
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Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 View in CoL

( Figs. 43–44 View FIGURES 43–46 , 134 View FIGURES 130–135 )

Liturgousa cayennensis [var.] maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: 160 .

= Liturgusa charpentieri Giglio-Tos, 1927: 294 View in CoL .

Type locality. Temax, N Yucatan, Mexico ( Svenson 2014) .

Records. NMB: ♂, 260 m, 09.IV.2003, leg. T. Kothe (QR-NMB-Mant 0259, ex. ZSM, Fig. 43 View FIGURES 43–46 ) . SMNK: ♀, 260 m, 04.VIII.1983, leg. M. Verhaagh (SMNK-Mant 04966); ♂, 230 m, lux, 22.IX.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (SMNK-Mant 12785) . ZSM: 2 ♀♀, 230 m, 22.IX.–11.X.2017, leg. F. Glaw ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 43–46 ); ♀, 260 m, 23.XI.–11.XII.2008, leg. K. Schönitzer, F. Glaw & F. Wachtel; ♂, 260 m, malaise trap, 18.IX.–02.X.2005, leg. E. Diller, E.-G. Burmeister & T. Kothe (genitalia preparation Stiewe No. L. 01) .

Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Remarks. One of the most widespread Liturgusa species, it is very common in Panguana, representing the small liturgusid ecotype.