Liturgusa neblina Svenson, 2014

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

Liturgusa neblina Svenson, 2014

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Liturgusa neblina Svenson, 2014: 52–55 .

Type locality. Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela ( Svenson 2014) .

Records. SMNK: ♀, 220 m, lux, 21.IX.–03.X.2004, leg. J. & R. Oehlke (SMNK-Mant 04961) . ZSM: ♂, 230 m, 20.IX.–08.X.2012, leg. E. Diller ; ♀, 230 m, 22.IX.–10.X.2017, leg. E.-G. Burmeister ( Fig. 46 ).

Distribution. Peru, Venezuela.

Remarks. Previously known only from S Venezuela, but obviously occurring as far south as C Peru. This species is characterized as a member of the lichenalis group by its short and robust prothorax (pronotum width/length: 0.45; pronotum width/metazona length: 0.65). The hindwings are rusty in the proximal half, with a sharp transition to smoky in the distal half ( Svenson 2014). New for Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 43–46. Genus Liturgusa. 43. Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894, male in dorsal view. 44. L. maya, female in dorsal view. 45. L. lichenalis Gerstaecker, 1889, female in dorsal view. 46. L. neblina Svenson, 2014, female in dorsal view. Scale bar: 10 mm.