Acromantis palauana Beier, 1972

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 : 35-36

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Hymenopodidae

Acromantis palauana Beier, 1972

Acromantis palauana : Beier 1972: 174-175; Ehrmann 2002: 53 [Holotype and Allotype listed as deposited in BPBM]; Otte and Spearman 2005: 69.

Types.

Holotype Male (Fig. 1 A–C; USNM ENT 00873993). Allotype Female (Fig. 1 D–F; USNM ENT 00873992).

Holotype labels.

Koro I. - Palau Islands - 10 Feb. 1948 / Pacific Sci.Board - Ent. Surv. of - Micronesia - H.S.Dybas leg. / Chic. / Holotype / Acromantis - palauana n.sp. - det. Beier / Type No 69422 USNM.

Allotype labels.

Palau Group - Koror NEcor - VII-22-46 - Townes 1260 / USNM / Allotype.

Measurements.

Holotype male. Body length 23.05; forewing length 15.85; pronotum length 6.05; prozone length 1.80; pronotum width 1.87; pronotum narrow width 1.11; head width 3.83; head vertex to clypeus 1.39; frons width 1.34; frons height 0.42; prothoracic femur length 5.35; mesothoracic femur length 4.22; mesothoracic tibia length 3.25; mesothoracic tarsus length 2.71; metathoracic femur length 4.57; metathoracic tibia length 4.75; metathoracic tarsus length 3.33; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R13/L13; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R12/L13; posteroventral tibial spine count R12/L11.

Allotype female. Body length 24.81; forewing length 14.56; hindwing length 12.46; pronotum length 7.67; prozone length 2.30; pronotum width 2.34; pronotum narrow width 1.41; head width 4.50; head vertex to clypeus 1.79; frons width 1.62; frons height 0.64; prothoracic femur length 6.94; mesothoracic femur length 4.82; mesothoracic tibia length 3.66; mesothoracic tarsus length 2.69; metathoracic femur length 4.14; metathoracic tibia length 5.87; metathoracic tarsus length 3.73; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R13/L13; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R12/L12; posteroventral tibial spine count R11/L11.