Liturgusa dominica Svenson, 2014

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 : 47-49

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Liturgusidae

Liturgusa dominica Svenson, 2014

Liturgusa dominica : Svenson 2014: 110.

Types.

Holotype Male (Fig. 7 C–F; USNM ENT 00873995). Allotype Female (Fig. 8 A–C; USNM ENT 00873996). 6 Paratypes (USNM ENT 00873019-24).

Holotype labels.

DOMINICA - Grand Bay - IV-13-1964 - O.S. Flint, Jr. / Bredin-Archibold- - Smithsonian - Bio. Surv. Dominica / USNM Liturgusa 36 / Liturgusa dominica - Holotype Male USNM - Svenson, 2014.

Allotype labels.

DOMINICA - Grand Bay - IV-13-1964 - O.S. Flint, Jr. / Bredin-Archibold- - Smithsonian - Bio. Surv. Dominica / USNM Liturgusa 34 / Liturgusa dominica - Allotype Female USNM - Svenson, 2014.

Measurements.

Holotype male. Body length 21.18; forewing length 10.74; hindwing length 8.12; pronotum length 6.91; prozone length 2.02; pronotum width 2.01; pronotum narrow width 1.33; head width 4.36; head vertex to clypeus 1.55; frons width 1.51; frons height 0.60; prothoracic femur length 6.02; mesothoracic femur length 8.42; mesothoracic tibia length 6.21; mesothoracic tarsus length 5.83; metathoracic femur length 8.62; metathoracic tibia length 8.70; metathoracic tarsus length 8.57; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R15/L15; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R10/L10; posteroventral tibial spine count R6/L7.

Allotype female. Body length 27.47; forewing length 12.52; hindwing length 9.29; pronotum length 9.04; prozone length 2.66; pronotum width 2.65; pronotum narrow width 1.72; head width 5.22; frons width 2.10; frons height 0.63; prothoracic femur length 7.69; mesothoracic femur length 9.92; mesothoracic tibia length 7.69; mesothoracic tarsus length 6.78; metathoracic femur length 10.01; metathoracic tibia length 10.57; metathoracic tarsus length 9.77; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R14/L14; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R10/L10; posteroventral tibial spine count R7/L7.