Harpagonyx carlottae Rehn, 1904

Svenson, Gavin J., 2014, The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA, ZooKeys 433, pp. 31-75 : 45

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Thespidae

Harpagonyx carlottae Rehn, 1904

Harpagonyx carlottae : Rehn 1904: 568-569; Kirby 1904: 279; Giglio-Tos 1927: 263 [Junior SYN of Mionyx saevus Saussure & Zehntner, 1894]; Terra 1995: 47 [Junior SYN of Mionyx fera Saussure & Zehntner, 1894]; Ehrmann 2002: 297 [SYN of Mionyx fera ];

Pseudomusonia carlottae : Otte and Spearman 2005: 373.

Type.

Holotype Male (Fig. 6 A–C; USNM ENT 00873979). The male specimen was referred to as the “Type” by Rehn (1904) and under Article 73.1.1 of the Code this sole name-bearing male specimen is the holotype.

Note.

Status uncertain since it has been listed as a junior synonym of Mionyx saevus and Mionyx fera , both described by Saussure and Zehntner (1894). Mionyx is now included within Pseudomusonia Werner, 1909. Mionyx saevus is currently considered a junior synonym to Mionyx lineativentris ( Stål, 1877). Otte and Spearman (2005) list H. carlottae as a valid species, but it looks to be mostly accepted as a synonym of Mionyx fera .

Holotype labels.

San Carlos - Costa Rica / Coll Schild - & Burgdorf / Harpagonyx - carlottae - TYPE Rehn / Type - No. 7053 - U.S.N.M. [USNM Type No. 6953; referenced in the original description]

Measurements.

Body length 34.69; forewing length 20.13; hindwing length 19.60; pronotum length 8.74; prozone length 2.26; pronotum width 1.94; pronotum narrow width 1.00; head width 2.80; head vertex to clypeus 1.43; frons width 0.83; frons height 0.37; prothoracic femur length 6.90; mesothoracic femur length 8.03; mesothoracic tibia length 6.74; mesothoracic tarsus length 4.30; metathoracic femur length 9.52; metathoracic tibia length 10.12; metathoracic tarsus length 5.77; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R10/L10; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count L7; posteroventral tibial spine count L4.