Hoplocorypha boviformis Rehn, 1912

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 : 46-47

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Thespidae

Hoplocorypha boviformis Rehn, 1912

Hoplocorypha boviformis : Rehn 1912: 462-464; Giglio-Tos 1927: 232; Beier 1935: 26; Lombardo 1985: 5; Ehrmann 2002: 186 [Holotype listed as deposited in ANSP]; Otte and Spearman 2005: 361.

Type.

Holotype Male (Fig. 7 A–B; USNM ENT 00873980). The male specimen was referred to as the “Type” by Rehn (1912) and under Article 73.1.1 of the Code this sole name-bearing male specimen is the holotype.

Holotype labels.

St. Paul - de Loanda / U.S.N.M. - Acc. / 75. / Hoplocorypha - boviformis - TYPE Rehn / Type - No. - U.S.N.M. [USNM Type No. 14605; referenced in the original description]

Measurements.

Body length 32.36; pronotum length 11.25; prozone length 3.29; pronotum width 1.70; pronotum narrow width 1.06; head width 3.25; head vertex to clypeus 1.19; frons width 1.07; frons height 0.30; prothoracic femur length 7.64; mesothoracic femur length 8.92; mesothoracic tibia length 7.59; mesothoracic tarsus length 3.96; metathoracic femur length 10.97; metathoracic tibia length 11.82; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4 (small, but distinct spine present proximal to distal 3); anteroventral femoral spine count R12/L12; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R10; posteroventral tibial spine count R4/L4.