taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F7453AFE2EFFBEFDC9C87A41AF4D1D.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE2EFFBEFDC9C87A41AF4D1D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Metilia brunnerii (Saussure, 1871).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE29FFB9FDC3CA1040044AA5.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype PERU • ♀; “ Iquitos / Amazonas ”; ZIMG-II- 27298. Type locality Peru, Iquitos.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE29FFB9FDC3CA1040044AA5.taxon	discussion	Current status Valid species. Remarks The holotype was loaned to Francesco Lombardo (Department of Animal Biology, University Catania, Italy) for his revision of the genus Acanthops (Lombardo & Ippolito 2004) and never returned to Greifswald. Repeated requests over the last decade to him and different officials in his home institution to return the specimen have so far gone unanswered.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE29FFB9FD9BC8C047514DD3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) VENEZUELA • 1 ♂; green label “ chimaera / Mus. Ber ” // two white labels “ 3596 x. / La Guayra / J. Smith ” // “ Acanthops falcata / Stål, 1877 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE29FFB9FDB5CFF6476E4E10.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 4 females) BRAZIL • 1 ♀; “ Acanthops sinuata / Stoll. Kirb. Charp. / Tab. 29 / Brasil ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with white label “ Acanthops falcataria / (Goeze, 1778) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE29FFB9FDB5CFF6476E4E10.taxon	discussion	Remarks Within the material assigned to this species, one note bears the inscription “ Ac. falcataria, II 27298, Apr. 99 an? Italien ”, referring to the loaned type specimen of Acanthops contorta mentioned above (identical accession numbers). Additionally, Ehrmann (2002), suggested that the type specimen of A. falcataria may be deposited in Greifswald; however, this does not appear to be the case.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE29FFB8FDAACC3340BB4FF1.taxon	discussion	Remarks Saussure (1869: 55, 62) introduced the name Acontista in reference to the genus Acontistes Burmeister, 1838, which was preoccupied by Acontistes Sundevall, 1836 (Aves). Subsequently, Rehn (1916) proposed Acontiothespis Rehn, 1916 as a replacement name, assuming that Acontista was merely an unjustified gender correction and therefore not a valid replacement. Roy (2004 a), however, re-evaluated the status of Acontista and concluded that the introduction of Acontiothespis was unnecessary, considering it to be a junior synonym of Acontista. Roy (2004 a) argued that Saussure's use of Acontista in his early works (1869, 1870, 1871 a, 1871 c, 1872) lacked an explicit statement of intent to introduce a replacement name and therefore did not constitute a demonstrably intentional change under Article 33.2 (regulation of Emendations) of the ICZN (1999). He identified Saussure & Zehntner (1894: 130) as the first authors to explicitly state that Acontista was proposed as a replacement name for the preoccupied Acontistes Burmeister, 1838, and accordingly attributed authorship of Acontista to them. This interpretation has been followed by subsequent authors, including Schwarz et al. (2020). However, Saussure (1869) introduced the name Acontista in explicit reference to Acontistes Burmeister, 1838, as evidenced by his consistent use of the combination “ Acontista Burm. ” The name first appears in an identification key (p. 55), followed by repeated usage on p. 62 (“ Genus Acontista, Burm. ”), where Saussure cited its type species “ A. concinna, Perty – Serv. Orth. 201, 36 – (M. tricolor, Burm. Handb. III, 543.) ”, and described A. cordillerae. On the following page (p. 63), he described A. elegans. These actions demonstrate unequivocally that Acontista was intentionally applied to the same taxonomic concept as Acontistes Burmeister, 1838. The introduction of Acontista does not constitute a justified emendation of Acontistes Burmeister, 1838 under Articles 33.2 and 32.5, as no explanation or justification for an emendation was provided, and the change consists solely of an altered generic ending (Roy 2004 a). Under Article 33 (regulation of Subsequent spellings), such a change does not qualify as a justified emendation. Nevertheless, Acontista Saussure, 1869 fulfills all criteria of availability listed in Article 11 of the ICZN: it was published with an explicit bibliographic reference, used in a binominal context, and associated with included nominal species that objectively define the name. Accordingly, Acontista Saussure, 1869 is an available genusgroup name with its own authorship and date. Although not a justified emendation, it qualifies as an available new name under Articles 33.2 and 19.1, resulting in a distinct authorship and date. At the time of its introduction, Acontista Saussure, 1869 was then a junior objective synonym of Acontistes Burmeister, 1838, as both names refer to the same taxonomic entity. However, once Acontistes Burmeister, 1838 was rejected as a junior homonym (Saussure & Zehntner 1894: 130), then Article 60.2 of the ICZN became applicable: when a rejected junior homonym has available synonyms, the oldest of these becomes the valid name. As Acontista Saussure, 1869 is the oldest available synonym introduced for Acontistes Burmeister, 1838, it should be adopted as the valid replacement name. Subsequent attributions of authorship to Saussure & Zehntner (1894) are therefore inaccurate, as Acontista was already made available by Saussure in 1869. We therefore conclude that Acontista Saussure, 1869 is the valid and available replacement name. It fulfills the requirements of Article 12.1 (regulating the availability of names published before 1931), and also complies with the requirements of Articles 11 and 12.2.5 regarding availability and inclusion of nominal species.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE28FFBBFDC5CC1541A24AF1.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE28FFBBFDC5CC1541A24AF1.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype PERU • ♀ (Fig. 3); green label “ Lfd. N: 4 / Acontista amoenula / Pebas (Amazonas) / IV 5, 3, (2) ” // four white labels “ semirufa / Weltw. Tab. IX / fig. 2. ” // “ FIGURED / Rehn 1955 ” // “ Acontista amoenula / Gerstaecker, 1889 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27299 ” // red label “ female HOLOTYPE / Acontista amoenula / Gerstaecker, 1889 / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27299. Additional labels Green species label “ amoenula Gerst. * / Pebas Hahnel ”. Type locality Peru, Pebas (Hahnel leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE28FFBBFDC5CC1541A24AF1.taxon	discussion	Current status Valid species. Remarks As Gerstaecker (1889) referred to a single female specimen from “ Patria: Pebas (Amazonas) ”, it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE2AFFBAFDCCCA11414048EC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 juv. male) BOLIVIA • 1 juv. ♂; two labels “ Chiquitos / Bolivia Stdgr. ” // “ Acontista brevipennis / Saussure, 1872 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE2AFFBAFDA3C90F460D4A62.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 2 females) BRAZIL • 1 ♀; two green labels “ Bahia / Brasilia / Fruhstorfer ” // “ concinna / Perty / Charp. / male quadrimaculata Serv. / Fonteboa / Hahnel ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with white label “ Acontista concinna / (Perty, 1832) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE2AFFBAFDB1CE1441144F9A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 4 females) INDONESIA (?) • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; white label “ Acromantis gestri / Giglio-Tos, 1915 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE2AFFBAFDB1CE1441144F9A.taxon	discussion	Remarks According to the notes made by R. Ehrmann during his visit to the ZIMG in 1999, these specimens were collected in Sumatra, Indonesia.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE2AFFB5FDDECDAD46544845.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 1 female) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; “ Java orient. / Fruhstorfer ” // “ oligoneura / DeH. Pl. 18, fig. 6 / mas. fem. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; “ Mant. oligoneura De Haan / female. pl. 18, fig. 6 / Sumatr. Stdgr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with white label “ Acromantis oligoneura / (De Haan, 1842) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE25FFB5FDA9C90F47784A46.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (7 males, 1 female) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “ Female Palabuan / W. Java / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 7 ♂♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens “ Amantis biroi / Giglio-Tos, 1915 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE25FFB5FDB2C86247D94DCC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “ Female Palabuan / W. Java / Fruhst. ” // “ reticulata DeHaan? Pl. 17, fig. 9 / Java or. mer. Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; yellow label “ reticulata / DeHaan, pl. 17, fig. 9 / Sumatra Fruhst. ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both specimens “ Amantis reticulata / (De Haan, 1842) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE25FFB4FD98CE9846374852.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males, 1 female) SPAIN • 1 ♀; yellow dot label // “ Assoi Boliv. * / Madrid Boliv. ” // “ ZIMG-II- / 28838 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28838 • 1 ♂; “ ZIMG-II- / 28839 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28839 • 2 ♂♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens “ Ameles assoi / (Bolivar, 1873) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE25FFB4FD98CE9846374852.taxon	discussion	Remarks The yellow dot label placed near the only female specimen of this species in the ZIMG collection, along with the asterisk on the species label following the author’s name, suggests that these specimens were suspected to have paratype status. However, the original species description is based on a single female holotype from Madrid, collected by D. R. de Rementeria (Bolivar 1873: 216). According to Ehrmann (2002), this holotype is deposited in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain. Therefore, the specimens housed in the ZIMG insect collection do not constitute type material.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE24FFB4FDB0CA7542B14B48.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (5 juvs) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 5 juvs; white label “ Ameles decolor / (Charpentier, 1825) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE24FFB4FDEBCE11409D4CEC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) UZBEKISTAN • 1 ♀; yellow label “ alata Sauss. / Taschkend Dohrn ” // white label “ Armene pusilla pusilla / (Eversmann, 1859) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE24FFB4FDBAC83142324D28.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) SRI LANKA • 1 ♀; three white labels “ Süd Ceylon / Mai 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ” // “ Chaer. Squilla / Sauss. Female / Mant. pl. 4, fig. 3 ” // “ Choeradodis squilla / Saussure, 1869 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE24FFB4FE02CDDD47B24EA0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) LEBANON • 1 ♀; yellow label “ mendica Fabr. Latr. / marmorata Oliv. / Beirut Ribbe ” // white label “ Blepharopsis m. mendica / (Fabricius, 1775) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE27FFB7FDB9CAB7410D4B8A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) USA • 1 ♂; green label “ Texas Dohrn ” // white label “ Brunneria borealis / Scudder, 1896 / male, det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE27FFB7FDBBC9DD41914AA0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BOLIVIA • 1 ♂; two white labels “ Chiquitos / Bolivia / Stdgr. ” // “ Amantis biroi / Giglio-Tos, 1915 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE27FFB7FD80CF9942154ED9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) BRAZIL • 1 ♀; two green labels “ Obydos / Stdgr. ” // “ Diana Gerst. * / Mant. Diana Stoll / Harpax pictipennis Serv. / Ega Stdgr. ” // three white labels “ Callibia diana / (Stoll, 1813) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ ZIMG-II- / 28840 ” // “ No Type! Staudinger material! / T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28840.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE27FFB7FD80CF9942154ED9.taxon	discussion	Remarks According to Ehrmann (2002), the female holotype specimen is deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (MfN). He regarded the female specimen from the ZIMG collection as a questionable type. The type locality of the species is recorded as “ Brasilien: Ega ” (now Tefé, Amazonas Province, Brazil). The ZIMG specimen bears two primary labels, one indicating a collecting locality “ Obydos ” (i. e., Óbidos, Pará Province, Brazil), and a second label providing additional species information, including the locus typicus (“ Ega ”) and an asterisk following “ Diana Gerst. ” Evidently, Gerstaecker is not the author of this species, and the specimen belongs to the so-called “ Staudinger material ” (“ Stdgr. ”), attributed to the prominent German entomologist and insect trader Otto Staudinger (1830 – 1900). This indicates that the specimen was collected several years after the original species description and is therefore highly unlikely to represent a type. Given the discrepancy in collecting localities and the presence of an asterisk on one of the labels, if this specimen has indeed been collected in Ega, Gerstaecker might have used this specimen as the basis for establishing the new genus Anastira Gerstaecker 1883 (see Gerstaecker 1883: 97).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE26FFB6FDCCCAB7467F4A1A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 females) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; “ Phyllothelys macra Dohrn * / Ceratocrania macra Westw. ”; ZIMG • 2 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with white label “ Ceratocrania macra / Westwood, 1889 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE26FFB6FDE1C8AF46414E03.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE26FFB6FDE1C8AF46414E03.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Gonypeta modesta Gerstaecker, 1883 Holotype CAMEROON (?) • ♂ (Fig. 4); two white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27312 ” // “ Chloroharpax modesta / (Gerstaecker, 1883) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ male HOLOTYPE / Gonypeta modesta / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27312. Other material examined (1 male) SIERRA LEONE • 1 ♂; blue label “ Sierra Leone Preuss. ” // white label “ Chloroharpax modesta (Gerstaecker, 1883) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Blue species label “ modesta Gerst. * / Camaroon? Buchh. ”. Type locality Probably from Cameroon (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE26FFB6FDE1C8AF46414E03.taxon	discussion	Remarks As Gerstaecker (1883) referred to a single male specimen, it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE21FFB1FE08CA1040C348FD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; green label “ thalassina Burm. / Theresopolis Fruhst. ” // white label “ Chloromiopteryx thalassina / (Burmeister, 1838) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE21FFB1FDEFC9B642324AAD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) PANAMA • 1 ♀; green label “ Servillei / Wood-Mason / Ann. Nat. hist. 5. Ser. / VI. P. 161 / Chiriqui Stdgr. ” // white label “ Choeradodis servillei / Wood-Mason, 1880 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE20FFB0FDDECAB641124A5A.taxon	discussion	Remarks Ehrmann (2002) reported that, in addition to the male holotype deposited in the British Museum in London, two male and two female type specimens were supposedly deposited in Greifswald. However, these four specimens are most likely not type material, as C. speciosa was described by Giglio-Tos (1915 b) based on a single male specimen, as indicated by his statement “ Un solo maschio da Aburi nella Costa d´Oro (Imperial Bureau of Entomology di Londra). ” [A single male from Aburi on the Gold Coast (Imperial Bureau of Entomology, London)]. Furthermore, no specimens of C. speciosa are currently housed in the ZIMG collection.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE20FFB0FDCBCF0347A74C1E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) AUSTRALIA • 1 ♂; four white labels “ Peak-Downs ” // “ 5081 ” // “ Lachares cuncatus Stål. ” // “ Cliomantis cornuta / Giglio-Tos, 1913 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE20FFB0FDEFCECF46554E22.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males, 2 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; white label “ crassiceps / De H. pl. 17 fig. 8. (fem.) / Fruhst. / male, female / Java occ. ”; ZIMG • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with white label “ Compsomantis crassiceps / De Haan, 1842 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE23FFB3FDECCA10422C4B7E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 2 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; white label “ Java occid. / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with white label “ Creobroter pictipennis / Wood-Mason, 1878 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE23FFB3FDCFC98941124A94.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 5 females) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; white label “ Creobroter urbanus (Fabricius, 1775) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE23FFB2FE0FCF5641A24861.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE23FFB2FE0FCF5641A24861.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype (1 male) GHANA • ♂ (Fig. 5); two white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27300 ” // “ Danuria (Danuria) buchholzi / Gerstaecker, 1883 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ male HOLOTYPE / Danuria buchholzi / Gerstaecker, 1883 / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27300. Other material examined (1 male) SIERRA LEONE • 1 ♂; two white labels “ Male, female / Freetown / Sierra Leone / Preuss. ” // “ Danuria (Danuria) buchholzi / Gerstaecker, 1883 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Blue species label “ Buchholzi / Gerst. * / Akkra Buchh. ”. Type locality Ghana, Akkra (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE23FFB2FE0FCF5641A24861.taxon	discussion	Current status Valid species. Remarks As Gerstaecker (1883) referred to a single male specimen from Akkra (August, Buchholz leg.), it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE22FFB2FDF5C90641404A19.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; white label “ Danuria (Danuriodes) barbozae / Bolivar, 1889 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3DFFADFDB7CA1141D648EC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; green label “ Bahia, Brasilia / Fruhstorfer ” // white label “ Acanthops bolivari / Chopard, 1926 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3DFFADFDC5C9DD424A4AC3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BORNEO • 1 ♂; two yellow labels “ N. Borneo / Fruhst. ” // “ mas? / angustata Westw. / Arcan. pl. 9, fig. 2 / Sumatra L. Mayer ” // white label “ Deroplatys angustata / Westwood, 1841 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3DFFADFDCEC8E6464E4F5D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (4 males, 3 females) BORNEO • 1 ♀; two yellow labels “ female Borneo / Stdgr. ” // “ desiccata / Westw. / palliata De Haan / pl. 16, fig. 1, 2. / Sumatra Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; white label “ Nordborneo / Alverett / ex coll. Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG. INDONESIA • 1 ♂; white label “ Ostjava male ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; white label “ male Java orient. / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; white label “ palliata / De Haan female / pl. 16, fig. 2 ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; “ male arida Westw. / Arc. pl. 9, fig. 1 ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with white label “ Deroplatys desiccata / Westwood, 1839 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3DFFACFDE2CD68422F4860.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female, 1 male) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; yellow label “ lobata Guér. / Mag. d. Zool. pl. 234 / rhombica De Haan / pl. 17 fig. 1 / Java Dohrn ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; white label “ Java occid. / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both specimens with white label “ Deroplatys lobata / (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3CFFACFDF0CA8C41124B97.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; white label “ Deroplatys truncata / (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3CFFACFDF8C85047814D23.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; yellow label “ gracilipes / Stål. / ensifera / Wood-Mas. / Ceylon Nietn. ” // white label “ Didymocorypha lanceolata / (Fabricius, 1798) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3CFFACFDFFCFEE422F4FC3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (8 males, 2 females, 3 juv. specimens) ITALY • 1 ♂; white label “ Sardinia / male Heyne ”; ZIMG. SPAIN • 1 ♀; white label “ egena / Charp. / pauperata / Illig. Burm. / Madrid Bolivar ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 7 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 3 juvs; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with white label “ Empusa (Empusa) pennata / (Thunberg, 1815) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3CFFAFFE4BCDEF42F74860.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 females) LEBANON • 1 ♀; yellow label “ pennicornis / Pall. / orientalis / Burm. / Beirut Ribbe ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels Both specimens with white label “ Empusa (Empusa) p. pennicornis / (Pallas, 1773) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3FFFAFFDDDC95A42EF4AB4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Java or. / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Tropidomantis (Eomantis) female / iridipennis (WESTW., 1889) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3FFFAFFDF7CF7546624F5B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 females) GABON • 1 ♀; blue label “ Ogove Buchh. ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28841. GHANA • 1 ♀; blue label “ herbacea / Sauss. Gerst. * / Mant. Herbacea / Serv. / Akkra Buchh. ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28842. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Epitenodera herbacea / (Serville, 1839) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3FFFAEFDBACC0447CB48F0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) SYRIA • 1 ♀; two white labels “ Hauensteini / Aleppo / Brunn ” // “ Eremiaphila genei / Lefebvre, 1835 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3FFFAEFDBACC0447CB48F0.taxon	discussion	Remarks According to Ehrmann (2011), the correct original spelling of the species epithet is “ gene ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3EFFAEFDC9C9A940724A4B.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3EFFAEFDC9C9A940724A4B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3EFFAEFDC9C9A940724A4B.taxon	discussion	See Stenopyga (Agriomantis) casta (Gerstaecker, 1883).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE39FFA9FDE5CA9346494BFF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males) BORNEO • 1 ♂; yellow label “ heteroptera / De Haan / pl. 18, fig. 1 / Borneo Stdgr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Borneo / Stdgr. Male ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Euchomenella heteroptera / (De Haan, 1842) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE39FFA9FDFDC80946184D65.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males, 3 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ male female Palabuan / S. W. Java / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ spec. female Java / or. mer. Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Euchomenella moluccarum / (Saussure, 1872) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE39FFABFDD0CE26463948D6.taxon	description	Figs 7 – 8	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE39FFABFDD0CE26463948D6.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Mantis annulipes Audinet-Serville, 1839 (2 females) Lectotype BRAZIL • ♀ (Fig. 7); green label “ Bahia, Brasilien / Fruhstorfer ” // reddish label “ Gen. Liturgousa / Sp. annulipes / Ref. (Serville, 1839) /? PARATYPE? female / EMAU ” // white label “ ZIMG-II- / 28844 ” // red label “ female LECTOTYPE / Fuga annulipes / (Audinet-Serville, 1839) / acc. to Svenson (2014) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28844. Paralectotype BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (Fig. 8); brownish label “ a. Mant. annuli- / pede Charn. tl. / 28 Differt cotta alarum fusca ” // reddish label “ Gen. Liturgousa / Sp. annulipes / Ref. (Serville, 1839) /? PARATYPE? female / EMAU ” // white label “ ZIMG-II- / 28845 ” // red label “ female PARALECTOTYPE / Fuga annulipes / (Audinet-Serville, 1839) / acc. to Svenson (2014) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28845. Type locality Lectotype from Brazil, Bahia (Fruhstorfer leg.); paralectotype without locality.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE39FFABFDD0CE26463948D6.taxon	discussion	Remarks Lectotype and paralectotype designated, and species redescribed, by Svenson (2014: 155 – 162).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3BFFAAFE27C99646414B26.taxon	description	Fig. 9	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3BFFAAFE27C99646414B26.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Tarachodes oxycephala Gerstaecker, 1883 Holotype GABON • ♂ (Fig. 9); two white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27308 ” // “ Galepsus (Lygdamia) oxycephalus (Gerst., 1883) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ male HOLOTYPE / Tarachodes oxycephalus / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27308. Additional labels Blue species label “ oxycephala / Gerst. * / Ogowe Buchh. ”. Type locality Gabon, Ogooué (“ Ogowe ”) (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3BFFAAFE27C99646414B26.taxon	discussion	Remarks As Gerstaecker (1883) referred to a single male specimen, it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3AFFAAFDB6C9EE47F14DAE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 2 females) TANZANIA • 1 ♀; blue label “ amoena / Sauss. / Sansibar Hildebr. ” // brownish label “ Galinthias / amoena Sauss. / female Westw. pl. X. fig. 10. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; blue label “ Bagamo / jo / Fischer. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Galinthias amoena / (Saussure, 1871) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3AFFAAFD94CFE541154C64.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; white label “ Geomantis l. larvoides / Pantel, 1896 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE3AFFA5FE00CC2D422E4B1C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males) CUBA • 1 ♂; green label “ grisea / Fab. Sauss. / Orth. d. Mexiq. fig. 1.2. / male phryganoides Serv. / Cubensis Sauss. / Cuba Krchldf. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels Both specimens with white label “ Gonatista phryganoides / (Serville, 1839) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE35FFA5FDC7C9D547FB4D39.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Gongylus Thbg. / gongylodes / Lin. Stoll. fig., 61 (male) / 58, 59 (female) ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Süd Ceylon / Mai 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Gongylus gongylodes (Linné, 1758) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE35FFA5FDCBCFF341CD4C85.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE35FFA5FDCBCFF341CD4C85.taxon	materials_examined	Type material see Chloroharpax modesta (Gerstaecker, 1883).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE35FFA5FDB7CEA8461D4E1B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (5 males, 1 female) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; white label “ punctata (?), / De H. pl. 17 / fg., 13. mas. Fruhst. / Java or. mer. ”; ZIMG • 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Gonypeta punctata punctata / (De Haan, 1842) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE34FFA4FDACC9A547604AF9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; two white labels “ Java occident. / Pengalengan / 4900 1893 / H. Fruhstorfer. ” // “ Haania confusa / Saussure, 1871 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE34FFA4FDEBCFA242D74EBE.taxon	description	Fig. 10	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE34FFA4FDEBCFA242D74EBE.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype PERU • ♀ (Fig. 10); green label “ Lfd. N: 47 / Liturgusa superba / Jurimaguas (Peru) / IV 5, 2, (1) ” // three white labels “ FIGURED / Rehn 1955 ” // “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27311 ” // “ Hagiomantis superba / (Gerstaecker, 1889) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ female HOLOTYPE / Liturgusa superba / Gerstaecker, 1889 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27311. Additional labels Green species label “ superba / Gerst. * /? ornata Stoll / fg. 69 / Jurimaguas Garlepp ”. Type locality Peru, Yurimaguas, Loreto (“ Jurimaguas ”) (Garlepp leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE34FFA4FDEBCFA242D74EBE.taxon	discussion	Remarks As Gerstaecker (1889) referred to a single female specimen (“ Patria: Jurimaguas (Perù) ”), it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE37FFA7FDC5CAB640FB4B8A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; two white labels “ Nord Ceylon / Juni 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ” // “ Hapalopezella maculata / (Kirby, 1904) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE37FFA6FDD4C87340FC4861.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) MOZAMBIQUE • 1 ♀; two white labels “ Harpa lobata / Fab. female / Delagoa ” // “ Harpagomantis tricolor / (Linné, 1758) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE36FFA6FDD4C95A46004AB5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female, 1 juv.) TANZANIA • 1 juv.; blue label “ tenuipes / Westw. / Arc. ent. pl. 41 / Bagamojo Fischer ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Heterochaeta tenuipes / (Westwood, 1841) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE36FFA6FDC9CF7647BE4C8A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; yellow label without text // two white labels “ 3700 W 3 / Amboina Arndt. ” // “ Hierodula laevicollis / Saussure, 1871 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE36FFA6FDF0CEDD47D64E90.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 2 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; white label “ male female Java / orient. Fruhst. ”; ZIMG. MALAYSIA • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Penang / August 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; ZIMG Additional labels All with white label “ Hierodula p. patelifera / (Serville, 1839) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE31FFA1FE16CA1041EA48FD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) INDIA • 1 ♀; two white labels “ Bengalen / Lamare Piquot. ” // “ Hierodula t. tenuidentata / Saussure, 1869 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE31FFA1FDC6C91747CC4A4B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 1 female) SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Nord Ceylon / Juni 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Süd Ceylon / Mai 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Hierodula unimaculata / (Olivier, 1792) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE31FFA1FDCAC89E47FF4C8F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (4 males, 1 female) BORNEO • 1 ♂; white label “ male Borneo / Stdgr. ”; ZIMG. INDIA • 1 ♀; yellow label “ female Stdgr. / Bombay ”; ZIMG. INDONESIA • 1 ♂; white label “ male Java orient. / Fruhstorf. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; yellow label “ Sumatra / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE31FFA1FDCAC89E47FF4C8F.taxon	description	Additional labels All with white label “ Hierodula ventralis / Giglio-Tos, 1912 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE31FFA1FDC6CD4046294ED3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) SRI LANKA • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Nord Ceylon / Juni 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG. THAILAND • 1 ♂; yellow label “ Ceylonica / Sauss. / Bangkok Dohrn ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Humbertiella ceylonica / Saussure, 1869 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE30FFA0FDF8CA10400048A2.taxon	description	Figs 11 – 12	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE30FFA0FDF8CA10400048A2.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Theopompella heterochroa (Gerstaecker, 1883).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE30FFA0FDCECAC547D54A4B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; yellow label “ male Sumatra / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Java occident. / Pengalengan / 4000 ’ 1893 / H. Fruhstorfer ” // yellow label “ disparilis / Westw. / Rev. Mant. pl. 13, fig. 3. / Java occid. Fruhst. ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Humbertiella ocularis / Saussure, 1872 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE30FFA0FDC0CF3546764CD9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; white label “ Java orient. / mer. Fruhst. ”; ZIMG. SUNDA ISLANDS • 1 ♀; yellow label “ bicornis / Sauss. / Mant. bicornis Stoll / coronata Oliv. Serv. / Sunda Ins. Dohrn ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Hymenopus coronatus / (Olivier, 1792) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE30FFA2FDDBCD8242614AC5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) GHANA • 1 ♂; blue label “ lateralis / Burm. Gerst. * / defoliata Serv. / Akkra Buchh. ” // white label “ ZIMG-II- / 28843 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28843. SIERRA LEONE • 1 ♀; small blue label “ female Sierra / Leone / Preuss. ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with two white labels “ Idolomorpha lateralis / Burmeister, 1838 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ No Type! Collected by Paul Preuss / in 1886! / T. Mainda 2024 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE30FFA2FDDBCD8242614AC5.taxon	discussion	Remarks Burmeister (1838) described the species from “ Sierra Leona ” without specifying the number or sex of the specimens examined. According to Ehrmann (2002), a single female specimen is regarded as the type and is currently housed in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (MfN). Ehrmann (2002) also noted a questionable type specimen in the ZIMG collection. The label “ ZIMG … ” beneath the male specimen in Greifswald suggests that this specimen was once considered the questionable type. However, Gerstaecker (1883: 97) reported a single male specimen from Akkra, which matches the ZIMG male specimen (see above). Therefore, this male specimen can be confidently excluded as a type. The female type in Berlin bears five old labels: a red “ Type ” label, a white label with “ 701, ” two greenish handwritten labels reading “ Sierr. Leon. ” and “ lateralis, Burm. * ”, and a white handwritten label “ Idolomorpha, Sauss. ” (Jaenicke in litt.). A second female specimen in the ZIMG collection, also labeled from Sierra Leone, has a single blue handwritten label (see above) but in a different handwriting (compared to the type female in Berlin). The abbreviation “ Preuss. ” most likely refers to the botanist Dr Paul Preuss (1861 – 1926), who collected insects in Africa (Deckert 1999). In 1886, Preuss participated in a botanical and entomological expedition to Sierra Leone. Thus, the ZIMG female specimen cannot be part of Burmeister’s original type series.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE32FFA2FD9ECF97477C4CFA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (6 males, 3 females) SPAIN • 1 ♂; white label “ oratoria / Lin. Burm. / dentata Goeze / bella Germ. / Escorial Boliv. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ oratoria, L. ”; ZIMG • 5 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Iris oratoria / (Linné, 1758) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE32FFA2FDA6CD16424A4E0C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) INDIA • 1 ♀; small round platelet at pin // yellow label “ Kulu / Bengal. Stdgr ” // two white labels “ Iris orientalis / Wood-Mason (1882) ” // “ Iris orientalis / Wood-Mason, 1882 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0DFF9DFDD9CA10427D4AEA.taxon	description	Figs 13 – 14	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0DFF9DFDD9CA10427D4AEA.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Syntypes (2 females) CAMEROON • 1 ♀ (Fig. 13); white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27305 a ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27305 a • 1 ♀ (Fig. 14); white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27305 b ”; broken last abdominal segments mounted on platelet under specimen; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27305 b. Additional labels Blue species label “ gracillima / Gerst. * / Jenssoki Buchh. ”; both specimens with white label “ Leptocola gracillima / Gerstaecker, 1883 female / det R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ female SYNTYPE / Leptocola gracillima / Gerstaecker, 1883 / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”. Type locality Cameroon, Jenssoki (probably South of Douala) (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0DFF9DFDD9CA10427D4AEA.taxon	discussion	Current status Valid species.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0DFF9DFDD5CFD346554F3F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (4 males) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; white label “ Thespis / albella Burm. / p. 533. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; white label “ Miopteryx / albella de H. / sec. Dohrn ”; ZIMG • 2 ♂♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Leptomantella (L.) albella / (Burmeister, 1838) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0DFF9DFDD2CD4946554EA5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; yellow label “ Sumatra Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; white label “ male Java occid. / Fruhstorf. ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Leptomantella (L.) fragilis / (Westwood, 1889) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0EFF99FDC6CAB742D54BA2.taxon	description	Fig. 15	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0EFF99FDC6CAB742D54BA2.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype PERU • ♀ (Fig. 15); green label “ Lfd N: 46 / Liturgusa / lichenalis / Jurimaguas (Peru) / IV 5, 2, (3) ” // two white labels “ FIGURED / Rehn 1955 ” // “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27309 ” // reddish label “ Gen. Liturgousa / Sp. lichenalis / Ref. Gerstaecker, 1889 / HOLOTYPE female / EMAU ” // red label “ female HOLOTYPE / Liturgusa lichenalis / Gerstaecker, 1889 / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27309. Additional labels Green species label “ lichenalis / Gerst. * / Jurima- / guas. Garlepp ”. Type locality Peru, Yurimaguas, Loreto (“ Jurimaguas ”) (Garlepp leg.). Current status Valid species.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0EFF99FDC6CAB742D54BA2.taxon	discussion	Remarks As Gerstaecker (1889) referred to a single female specimen (“ Patria: Jurimaguas (Perù) ”), it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE09FF9BFDD1C9CD401448C7.taxon	description	Figs 16 – 17	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE09FF9BFDD1C9CD401448C7.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (2 females) Lectotype BRAZIL • ♀ (Fig. 16); one small green label “ female Ega / Hahnel ” // one green label “ Lf. N: 48 a, b / female / Ega (Amazonas) / IV, 5, 2, (2) ” // red label “ TYPE ” // two white labels “ FIGURED / Rehn 1955 ” // “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27310 b ” // red label “ female LECTOTYPE / Liturgusa nubeculosa / Gerstaecker, 1889 / designated by Rehn (1954) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27310 b. Paralectotype BRAZIL • 1 ♀ (Fig. 17); green label “ Lfd. N: 48 / Liturgusa / nubeculosa / Fonteboa (Amazonas) / IV 5, 2, (2) ” // white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27310 a ” // red label “ female PARALECTOTYPE / Liturgusa nubeculosa / Gerstaecker, 1889 / designated by Rehn (1954) / Art. 73.2.2, 74.1.3 / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27310 a. Additional labels Green species label “ nubeculosa / Gerst. * / Fonteboa Hahnel ”; both specimen with white label “ Liturgusa nubeculosa / Gerstaecker, 1889 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”. Type locality Brazil, Fonte Boa and Tefé (“ Ega ”), Amazonas Province (Hahnel leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE09FF9BFDD1C9CD401448C7.taxon	discussion	Current status Valid species. Remarks Svenson (2014) referred to a single female specimen from Greifswald (ZIMG-II- 27310 a, Fig. 17) as the “ holotype ”, with the locality given as “ Ega, Fonteboa (Amazonas) ” (see also his figures 28 a – b). However, the original type series described by Gerstaecker (1889) comprises two female specimens from two disctinct localities: Ega and Fonteboa, both in Brazil. Rehn (1954) mentioned both female specimens housed in the ZIMG and identified the specimen from Ega (ZIMG-II- 27310 b, Fig. 16) as the “ single type ”. This specimen bears a red “ Type ” label and, in accordance with Article 74.5 of the ICZN (1999), Rehn’s statement constitutes a valid lectotype designation. Consequently, the specimen from Ega (ZIMG-II- 27310 b) is recognized here as the lectotype. The remaining syntype specimen, previously identified as a holotype by Svenson (2014) (i. e., ZIMG-II- 27310 a), is subsequently recognized as a paralectotype in accordance with Article 74.1.3 of the ICZN (1999).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0BFF9BFDCBCAE241C14BBC.taxon	description	Fig. 10	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0BFF9BFDCBCAE241C14BBC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Hagiomantis superba (Gerstaecker, 1889).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0BFF9BFDC3C86D41124D70.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; white label “ Macromantis hyaline / (De Geer, 1773) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0BFF9BFE1FCE2940554F34.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; green label “ Fonteboa Stdgr. ” // one white label “ Macromusonia major / (Sauss. & Zehntner, 1894) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0BFF9BFDD0CDF541F74E8F.taxon	description	Figs 7 – 8	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0BFF9BFDD0CDF541F74E8F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Fuga annulipes (Audinet-Serville, 1839).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0AFF9AFDDBCA10419048E3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males) GHANA • 2 ♂♂; blue label “ Akkra / Buchh. ” // white label “ Mantis religiosa eichleri / Bazyluk, 1960 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0AFF9AFDEEC90647C94A93.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (10 males, 6 females, 5 juvs) ITALY • 1 ♂; brownish label “ religiosa / Lin. Panz. Burm. / oratoria et sancta / Fab. / Bozen Gerst. ”; ZIMG • 9 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, 5 juvs; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Mantis religiosa religiosa / Linné, 1758 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0AFF9AFDC1C8B6460A4DFE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 females) MALAYSIA • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Penang / August 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG • 2 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Mantis religiosa sinica / Bazyluk, 1960 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0AFF9AFD91CEAE47874FB2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; two white labels “ Chaeteessa / tenuis Perty? / taf. 25, fig. 7 / Rio grande do / Sul / Stdgr. ” // “ Mantoida tenuis / (Perty, 1833) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE0AFF95FDD0CC6B460048F0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 juv.) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; yellow label “ splendens / Westw. / Zool. Jour. V pl. 22 / Sumatra Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 juv.; brownish label “ Bedagei. int. / Sumatra s O. K. / + - 600 ’ 2. de Sem. 89 / I. Z. Kannegieter. ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Metallyticus splendidus / Westwood, 1835 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE05FF95FDD7C91346024A7E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♀; yellow label “ violacea / Burm. / Charp. Pl. 3 / chalybea / Serv. / Java occid. Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Java occident. / Sukabumi / 2000 1893 / H. Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Metallyticus violacea / (Burmeister, 1838) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE05FF95FDBDCF2F478A4EA7.taxon	description	Fig. 2	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE05FF95FDBDCF2F478A4EA7.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Acanthops adusta Gerstaecker, 1889 Holotype PERU • ♂ (Fig. 2); white labels “ Metilia / Stål. / p. 89 / ab integra Stål, dittinet ” // “ Metilia / brunneri / male (Sauss.) / Det. Rehn 1934 ” // “ Metillia brunnerii / (Saussure, 1871) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27297 ” // red label “ male HOLOTYPE / Acanthops adusta / Gerstaecker, 1889 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; genitalia in small tube on pin; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27297. Additional labels Green species label “ Lfd. N: 50 / Acanthops adusta / Iquitos (Amazonas) / IV. 9.2. (1) ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE05FF95FDBDCF2F478A4EA7.taxon	discussion	Type locality Peru, Iquitos. Remarks As Gerstaecker (1889) referred to a single male specimen, it is considered the holotype by monotypy. According to Ehrmann (2002), the female holotype of Metillia brunnerii is deposited in the ZIMG. However, no such specimen is currently housed in the Greifswald collection. Instead, the collection contains a male holotype of its junior synonym, Acanthops adusta Gerstaecker, 1889.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE04FF94FDF6CABF46554BCF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; green label “ Male Blumen / au / Müll. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Photina (Metriomantis) pilosa / Chopard, 1912 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE04FF94FDDCC9E341404AF6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; white label “ Photina (Metriomantis) pilosella / Giglio-Tos, 1915 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE04FF94FD9FCFB741DC4C8A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males) BRAZIL • 2 ♂♂; green label “ Bahia, Brasilia / Fruhstorfer. ” // white label “ Miobantia ciliata / (Stål, 1860) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE04FF94FDDECD7441FC4E0D.taxon	description	Fig. 18	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE04FF94FDDECD7441FC4E0D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material see Taumantis cephalotes (Gerstaecker, 1883).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE04FF96FDD5CC5842EC4861.taxon	description	Fig. 19	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE04FF96FDD5CC5842EC4861.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype GHANA • ♀ (Fig. 19); two white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27303 ” // “ Miomantis scabricollis / Gerstaecker, 1883 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ female HOLOTYPE / Miomantis scabricollis / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27303. Additional labels Blue species label “ scabricollis / Gerst. * / Akkra Buchh. ”. Type locality Ghana, Akkra (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE04FF96FDD5CC5842EC4861.taxon	discussion	Current status Valid species. Remarks As Gerstaecker (1883) referred to a single female specimen (“ Akkra: August ”), it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE06FF91FDD7C99B463648F0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males, 2 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Micromantis / Javana Sauss. / pl. 4 fig. 11. male female / Java or. Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Odontomantis planiceps / (De Haan, 1842) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE01FF91FDDBC9AA42334AD0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Pseudomantis / zebrata Charp. / Orth. tf. 39. / Port Natal / Heyne ” // white label “ Omomantis zebrata / (Charpentier, 1843) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE01FF91FDD8CF75463F4CD9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 2 females) AUSTRALIA • 1 ♀; violet label “ ministralis / Fab. / prasina Burm. / rubrocoxata / Blanch / Mus. / Sidney Godeffr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Orthodera m. ministralis / (Fabricius, 1775) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE01FF91FE0FCEEB42B14FF7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; white label “ Orthodera rubrocoxata / (Serville, 1839) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE01FF90FDA6CC9540364860.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) PERU • 1 ♀; green label “ female Cumbase / Perù, Stdgr. ” // white label “ Oxyopsis acutipennis / (Stål, 1877) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE00FF90FDB0CA8447E84BEE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 2 females) PERU • 1 ♂; green label “ male Cumbase / Perù, Stdgr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; green label “ rubicunda / Stoll / fig. 96 / male Stagmatodiluta / Sauss. / Pebas Stdgr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Oxyopsis peruviana / Chopard, 1916 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE00FF93FE33CF5241CB4B57.taxon	description	Fig. 20	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE00FF93FE33CF5241CB4B57.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Sibylla polyacantha Gerstaecker, 1889 Holotype CONGO • ♂ (Fig. 20); blue label “ Lfd. N: 44 / Sybilla / polyacantha / Congo (Stanley-Pool) / IV 10, 2 (3) ” // five white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27315 ” // “ Oxypilus (O.) polyacanthus / (Gerstaecker, 1889) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ genitalia / pre. M. Stiewe / No. TSP. 01 ” // “ Holotype / Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) polyacanthus / (Gerstaecker, 1889) / det. Stiewe & Roy, 2012 ” // “ Type / S. polyac. / genitalia / prep. M. STIEWE / NO. TSP. 01 ” // red label “ male HOLOTYPE / Sibylla polyacantha / Gerstaecker, 1889 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; genital embedded and fixed on separate pin; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27315. Additional labels Blue species label “ polyacantha / Gerst. * / Stanley / Pool / Congo Stdgr. ”. Type locality Congo, Stanley Pool (Staudinger leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE00FF93FE33CF5241CB4B57.taxon	discussion	Current status According to Roy & Stiewe (2013), the valid combination is Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) polyacanthus (Gerstaecker, 1889), following the synomymy proposed by Giglio-Tos (1915 c: 136). Remarks As Gerstaecker (1889) referred to a single male specimen (“ Patria: Congo (Stanley-Pool) ”), it is considered the holotype by monotypy. The current Mantodea online database (Otte et al. 2025), lists both Sibylla (Sibylla) polyacantha Gerstaecker, 1889 and Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) polyacanthus as valid species. The authorship for the latter species, however, is erroneously assigned to Giglio-Tos (1915 c). Due to the incorrect authorship assignment, the database system might have failed to merge the original combination and consequently did not recognize the two species as synonyms.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE03FF92FDDDC817463248D5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) AUSTRALIA • 1 ♀; violet label “ Verreauxii / Sauss. / Sidney Mus. Godeffr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Paraoxypilus verreauxii / Saussure, 1870 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE02FF8DFE3EC996427D4A33.taxon	description	Fig. 21	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE02FF8DFE3EC996427D4A33.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Paratype KENYA • 1 ♀ (Fig. 21); two white labels “ Kenya-SE: part of Arabuko Sokoke Forest / vic. Malindi, (03.42125 ° S – 039.89815 ° E), (site 06) / leg. S. Materna & T. Schulze, 05. - 17. VIII 2012 (captive bred) / ex ovo Reinhard Ehrmann 2018 - 2019 ” // “ ZIMG-II- 29421 ” // three red labels “ Parasphendale arabukosokokei / Borer & Ehrmann, 2022 / PARATYPE female / Greifswald (ZIMG) (# - 05) ” // “ Kenya / ZIMG-MANTODEA / 05. Female PT / Parasphendale / arabukosokokei ” // “ Kenya / ZIMG-MANTODEA / 05. Female / Parasphendale / arabukosokokei / PT ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 29421. Type locality SE Kenya, part of Arabuko Sokoke Forest, vic. of Malindi, 3.42125 ° S, 39.89815 ° E (S. Materna and T. Schulze leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE02FF8DFE3EC996427D4A33.taxon	discussion	Current status Valid species.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1DFF8CFDE9C82047F64D30.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males, 1 female) TANZANIA • 1 ♀; blue label “ vincta / Gerst. * / Bagamojo Fischer ” // three white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27304 ” // “ Parasphendale agrionina / (Gerstaecker, 1869) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ Parasphendale vincta / (Gerstaecker, 1869) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 2019 ” // red label “ Tanzania / ZIMG-MANTODEA / 04. Female / Parasphendale / vincta / LT ” // white label “ No Type! Different sex and locality! / Lectotype was never designated! / T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27304 • 1 ♂; blue label “ male agrionina / Gerst.? / Sansibar / v. Nettelbl. ” // four white labels “ Parasphendale agrionina / (Gerstaecker, 1869) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ ZIMG-II- 29418 ” // “ Parasphendale vincta / (Gerstaecker, 1869) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 2019 ” // “ Genital-prep. / M. Borer Nr. 0068 ” // two red labels “ Parasphendale vincta / PARALECTOTYPE / ZIMG Mantodea / Mantodea genitalia male / Nr. 0068 M. Borer / prep. Euparal ” // “ Sansibar / ZIMG-MANTODEA / 01. Male / Parasphendale / vincta / PLT ” // white label “ No Type! Different sex and locality! / Paralectotype was never designated! / T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 29418 • 1 ♂; three white labels “ Parasphendale agrionina / (Gerstaecker, 1869) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ ZIMG-II- 29419 ” // “ Parasphendale vincta / (Gerstaecker, 1869) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 2019 ” // red label “ Sansibar / ZIMG-MANTODEA / 02. Male / Parasphendale / vincta / PLT ” // white label “ No Type! Different sex and locality! / Paralectotype was never designated! / T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 29419 • 1 ♂; three white labels “ Parasphendale agrionina / (Gerstaecker, 1869) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ ZIMG-II- 29420 ” // “ Parasphendale vincta / (Gerstaecker, 1869) male / det. R. Ehrmann, IV. 2017 ” // red label “ Sansibar / ZIMG-MANTODEA / 03. Male / Parasphendale / vincta / PLT ” // white label “ No Type! Different sex and locality! / Paralectotype was never designated! / T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 29420.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1DFF8CFDE9C82047F64D30.taxon	discussion	Remarks Gerstaecker (1873: 15) noted that, despite the striking differences in shape, coloration, and markings between Mantis vincta and M. agrionina, it was not inconceivable that both male and female specimens might belong to the same species. In that case, he argued that the name Mantis vincta would have priority, should the two taxa prove to be conspecific. According to Ehrmann (2002: 269) M. agrionina was listed as the senior synonym of M. vincta, although no information was provided as to who established this synonymy or when it was proposed. Borer and Ehrmann (2022: 4) agreed with Gerstaecker’s (1873) suggestion and treated both taxa as synonyms under M. vincta. Despite the recognition of the synonymy, no official taxonomic action followed. In addition, no type information was provided in their treatment. The caption of their figures 44 – 46 refers to a “ Parasphendale vincta, lectotype ” from Greifswald, yet no formal lectotype designation is made in the main text. According to Article 74.7 of the ICZN (1999), a lectotype designation must be explicit and intentional; merely labeling a specimen or referencing it in figure legends does not constitute a valid lectotype designation. Therefore, the type status implied in Borer & Ehrmann (2022) is invalid under the Code. Moreover, the specimens housed in the ZIMG collection do not appear to belong to the original type series of either M. vincta or M. agrionina. Gerstaecker (1869, 1873) described only females of M. vincta from Zanzibar (Tanzania), explicitly stating “ Long. Corp. 49 – 60 mill. female. ” and “ Specimina feminina in diversis terrae Sansibaricae locis ... ” (Gerstaecker 1869: 210). The described specimens were collected between Mombasa and Wanga, at Lake Jipe, and between Endara and Kiriama during October to December 1862. The purported lectotype of M. vincta in Greifswald, a female from Bogamojo (mainland Tanzania), originates from a different locality and therefore does not belong to the original type series. Consequently, it cannot be assigned lectotype status (ICZN 1999, Article 74). For M. agrionina, only a single male specimen was described, collected in Mombasa, Kenya: “ Long. Corp. 38, c. alis 41 mill. male. ” and “ Specimen unicum masculum ad oppidum Mombas m. Septr. 1862 inventum ” (Gerstaecker 1869: 209). In contrast, the three male specimens housed in Greifswald — invalidly labeled as paralectotypes — are from Zanzibar. Although Gerstaecker (1869) mentioned Zanzibar as the type locality for M. vincta, that taxon is based solely on females. The male holotype of M. agrionina is housed in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (MfN, see Borer & Ehrmann 2022: fig. 38). As such, the ZIMG males are not part of the type series and cannot be considered syntypes or paralectotypes.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1CFF8CFE23CFEA41D24F33.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) PERU • 1 ♂; four white labels “ Peru / Dep. Huánuco / Panguana / ACP, Rio Yuyapichis, S 09 ° 37 ' W 74 ° 56 ' / 230 mNN, 14. IV. 2018, lux / leg. Michael Falkenberg ” // “ Mantodea / ex. Coll. Karlsruhe (SMNK) ” // “ ZIMG-II- 29417 ” // “ Parastagmatoptera sottilei / Lombardo & Ippolito, 2015 male / det. C. Schwarz VII. 2018 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 29417.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1CFF8CFE11CD5742454EDE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 1 female) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; two green labels “ Male Sao Paulo / Stdgr. ” // “ unipunctata / Burm. / Brasil Baden ” // white label “ Parastagmatoptera unipunctata / (Burmeister, 1838) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; green label “ Olivença Hahnel ” // white label “ Parastagmatoptera vitrepennis / Bruner, 1906 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; green label “ pellucida / Serv. / vitrea Burm.? / Thereso- / polis Fruhst. ” // white label “ Parastagmatoptera serricornis / Kirby, 1904 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1FFF8FFDAACAB641EA4B8A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) BRAZIL • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Theresiopolis ” // white label “ Photina (Photina) laevis / Giglio-Tos, 1915 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1FFF8FFDA7C9DD41DC4AA0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; green label “ Fonteboa Stdgr. ” // white label “ Photina (Photina) vitrea / (Burmeister, 1838) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1FFF8FFDB0CF4541904C59.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; green label “ Nov. / Friburg Bescke ” // white label “ Photinella magna / Giglio-Tos, 1915 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1FFF8FFE1ACD02464E4E1D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) AUSTRALIA • 1 ♂; violet label “ conspersa / Sauss. / Phtherg. conspersa / Stål. / Quennsld. Mus. Godef. ” // white label “ Phthersigena conspersa / Stål, 1871 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1EFF8EFDD2CA1046264BFE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 1 juv. female) CONGO • 1 ♂; two brownish labels “ Congo / Ledien ” // “ Phylloc. Insignis / Westw. male. pl. XII. fg. 7. ”; ZIMG. SIERRA LEONE • 1 ♂; blue label “ Male Preuss. / Sierr. Leone ”; ZIMG. TANZANIA • 1 juv. ♀; blue label “ insignis, / Westw. / Bagamojo / Fischer ”; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Phyllocrania paradoxa / Burmeister, 1838 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1EFF88FDF9C8AF41024BAA.taxon	description	Figs 22 – 25	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1EFF88FDF9C8AF41024BAA.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Polyspilota validissima Gerstaecker, 1883 (2 males, 2 females) Syntypes GHANA • 2 ♂♂ (Figs 22 – 23), 2 ♀♀ (Figs 24 – 25); all specimens with white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27314 ” (a – d) // white label “ Polyspilota validissima / Gerstaecker, 1883 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ SYNTYPE / Polyspilota validissima / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27314 a to ZIMG-II- 27314 d. Additional labels Blue species label “ validissima / Gerst. * / Aburi Buchh. ”. Type locality Ghana, Aburi (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1BFF8BFE07CA10472D4E59.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (7 males, 11 females) CAMEROON • 1 ♂; blue label “ Victoria / Buchh. ” // white label “ ZIMG-II- / 28850 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28850 • 1 ♂; blue label “ Victoria / Buchh. ” // white label “ ZIMG-II- / 28847 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28847 • 1 ♂; white label “ ZIMG-II- / 28846 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28846 • 1 ♀; white label “ ZIMG-II- / 28848 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28848 • 1 ♀; white label with red writing “ Victoria / Dec ” // white label “ ZIMG-II- / 28849 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28849 • 1 ♂; white label with red writing “ Mungo Sept. ”; ZIMG • 2 ♀♀; blue label “ Jensoki / Buchh. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; white label with red writing “ Mungo / April ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; white label with red writing “ Bonjon / go / März ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; blue label “ var. / Mungo Buchh. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; unknown locality; ZIMG. GABON • 1 ♀; “ Dongila / Buchh. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; white label with red writing “ Limba / reni / Mai ”; ZIMG. GHANA • 1 ♂ (possibly); white label with red writing “ Aburi / Aug. ” // white label “ M ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; blue label “ Aburi / Buchh. ”; ZIMG. TANZANIA • 1 ♂; blue label “ Baga- / mojo. / Fischer ”; ZIMG. Additional labels The first five specimens from Cameroon (three males and two females) with orange label “ Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 / Syn. Polyspilota striata Gerstaecker, 1883 Syn-Typus ”. Blue species label in front of series “ striata / Stoll / Gerst. * / pustulata Stoll / Serv. / variegata Ol. Burm. / Abó Buchh. ”; all specimens (except the male with the “ M ” label) with white label “ Polyspilota a. aeruginosa / (Goeze, 1778) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; all with white label “ No Type! Species was described / by Goeze (1778). Specimen only / mentioned by Gerstaecker (1883). / T. Mainda 2024 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1BFF8BFE07CA10472D4E59.taxon	discussion	Remarks Ehrmann (2002: 286) indicated that the type specimen of this species might be housed in Greifswald. This is supported by orange labels and assigned ZIMG numbers associated with five specimens. However, the synonymy noted on the orange labels — “ Polyspilota aeruginosa Goeze, 1778 / Syn. Polyspilota striata Gerstaecker, 1883 Syntypus ” (see Material section above) — suggests that Ehrmann may have been referring to the type specimen of P. striata, rather than P. aeruginosa. Regarding P. aeruginosa, the species was originally described by Goeze in 1778, and the ZIMG collection contains no type material from him. Additionally, the specimens in question were collected many years later by R. Buchhholz, further confirming that they cannot represent type material of P. aeruginosa. As for P. striata, the name Polyspilota striata Gerstaecker, 1883 is not valid, the correct authorship is Stoll, 1813. Gerstaecker (1883: 89) merely referred to specimens identified as Polyspilota striata Stoll, 1813 (now a synonym of P. a. aeruginosa), and these observations were marked with an asterisk on the main species label. This asterisk, commonly seen in historical labels in the collection (e. g., in this case “ Gerst. * ”), typically denotes type specimens but can also indicate specimens cited in publications. Therefore, the type indication on these specimens may have arisen from a misinterpretation.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1BFF85FDBECC6C41E04845.taxon	description	Figs 26 – 28	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE1BFF85FDBECC6C41E04845.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Prohierodula picta (Gerstaecker, 1883).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE15FF85FDD6CA6040244B32.taxon	description	Figs 22 – 25	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE15FF85FDD6CA6040244B32.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Plistospilota validissima (Gerstaecker, 1883).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE15FF85FD97C9EB47D44D87.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 females) MADAGASCAR • 1 ♀; blue label “ Madag. Hildebr. ” // brownish label “ a Popa undata / Fab. Stål female / diffinata! ”; ZIMG. TANZANIA • 1 ♀; blue label “ Female Nguëlo / Afric. orient. / Rolle ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Popa spurca spurca / Stål, 1856 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE14FF84FDFCCAB640A24B8A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) GABON • 1 ♂; brownish label with red writing “ Gabun ” // white label “ Prohierodula mundamensis / Giglio-Tos, 1911 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE14FF84FDC6C9DD461F4CBC.taxon	description	Figs 26 – 28	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE14FF84FDC6C9DD461F4CBC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Polyspilota picta Gerstaecker, 1883 (3 males) Syntypes CAMEROON • 1 ♂ (Fig. 27); blue label “ Victoria / Buchh. ” // white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27313 b ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27313 b. GABON • 1 ♂ (Fig. 26); white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27313 a ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27313 a • 1 ♂ (Fig. 28); white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27313 c ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27313 c. Additional labels Blue species label “ picta / Gerst. * / Dongila Buchh. ”; all with white label “ Prohierodula picta / (Gerstaecker, 1883) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // orange label “ Prohierodula [Polyspilota] picta (Gerstaecker, 1883) Syn-Typus ” // red label “ male SYNTYPE / Polyspilota picta / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”. Type locality Cameroon, Limbé (“ Victoria ”) (Buchholz leg.) and Gabon, Donguila (" Dongila ") (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE14FF84FE2ECD6D41E84E9C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) GABON • 1 ♀; two blue labels “ Limbareni / Buchh. ” // “ ocellata / Serv. / Empusa ocellata / Pal. / Wahlbergi Stal / Eninga Buchh. ” // white label “ Pseudocreobotra ocellata / (Pal. De Beauvois, 1805) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE17FF87FDC7CA1046274B92.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; blue label “ Natal / Stdgr. ”; ZIMG. TANZANIA • 1 ♀; blue label “ Bogamojo / Fischer ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii / Stål, 1871 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE17FF87FDF0C84B40834D56.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) TANZANIA • 1 ♂; blue label “ Sansibar / v. Nettelbl. ” // white label “ Pseudogalepsus modestus / (Gerstaecker, 1869) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE17FF87FDD1CE1742324F35.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) AUSTRALIA • 1 ♀; violet label “ albofimbriata / Stål / Sauss. / Mantid. / pl. 4, fig. 7 / Sidney Mus. Godeffr. ” // white label “ Pseudomantis albofimbriata / (Stål, 1860) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE17FF87FDE4CDD346534EAE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) GUATEMALA • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Theoclytes / chlorophanus / female Blanch. / Guatemale Dohrn ” // white label “ Phyllovates chlorophaea / (Blanchard, 1836) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE16FF86FDC9CA1047C14B73.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) VENEZUELA? • 1 ♂; two brownish labels “ Male Female Merida / Stdgr. ” // “ Theoclytes / Serv. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Phyllovates cingulata / (Drury, 1773) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE16FF86FDABC80940964D08.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) TIMOR ISLAND • 1 ♀; brownish label “ valida fg. 17 / Timor ” // three white labels “ Rhombodera kirbyi / Beier, 1952 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ 03. Female / ZIMG / Timor ” // “ Rhombodera kirbyi / Beier, 1952 female / det. R. Ehrmann, IX. 2011 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE16FF86FDC0CF5B422E4FA2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 2 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Male Female Java / orient. Fruhst. ” // two white labels “ Rhombodera valida / Burmeister, 1838 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ 01. Male / ZIMG / gehört zu / Nr. 02 ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; yellow label “ basalis / De Haan / Sauss. / Sumatra Dohrn ” // two white labels “ Rhombodera basalis / (De Haan, 1842) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ 02. Female / ZIMG / gehört zu / Nr. 01 ”; ZIMG. TIMOR ISLAND • 1 ♀; yellow label “ valida / Burm. Sauss. fig. / 17 / extensicollis / Serv. / Timor Stdgr. ” // two white labels “ Rhombodera valida / Burmeister, 1838 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ 04. Female / ZIMG / Timor ”; ZIMG. Additional labels All with an additional white label “ Rhombodera mjobergi (sic.!) / Werner, 1930 / det. R. Ehrmann, IX. 2011 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE16FF81FDD0CC6440154B14.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 juv. female) SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Schizocephala / Serv. / oculata Stoll / fig. 38 - 53 ”; ZIMG • 1 juv. ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with brownish label “ Nord Ceylon / Juni 1889 / H. Fruhstorfer ” // white label “ Schizocephala bicornis / (Linné, 1758) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE11FF81FDC3C9AE40AD4A48.taxon	description	Fig. 20	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE11FF81FDC3C9AE40AD4A48.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) polyacanthus (Gerstaecker, 1889).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE11FF81FDFCCF0B410D4DEE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; white label “ Sphodromantis balachowskyi / La Greca, 1967 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE11FF80FE06CE0141464860.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (6 males, 10 females, 3 specimens) CAMEROON • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Victori. / 9. 73. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; brownish label with red writing “ Abo / März ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label with red writing “ Victoria / Decemb. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label with red writing “ Victoria / Nov. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label with red writing “ Victoria / April ”; ZIMG • 1 spec.; brownish label with red writing “ Victoria / Decemb. ”; ZIMG • 1 spec.; brownish label with red writing “ Abo / März ”; ZIMG. GABON • 2 ♀♀; brownish labels with red writing “ Limba / reni / Mai ”; ZIMG. GHANA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; brownish label “ Akkra / 29 / 8.72. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; brownish label “ Aburi / 9.72. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; two brownish labels “ Akkra / 29. / 8.72. ” // “ Hierodule / lineola / Male Female Burm. ”; ZIMG. NIGERIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Male Female Lagos / Kricheldorff. ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 2 ♀♀; ZIMG • 1 spec.; brownish label “ var. / Hierodula / bimaculata / Burm. Male Female. ”; ZIMG. Additional labels All specimens with sex labels hold an additional white label “ Sphodromantis l. lineola / (Burmeister, 1838) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE10FF80FDFBCA83410D4B9E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; white label “ Sphodromantis viridis viridis / (Forskål, 1775) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE10FF80FDC8C82C410D4D71.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; white label “ Sphodropoda (S.) tristis / (Saussure, 1871) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE10FF80FDBDCF9441134C6F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; white label “ Sphodropoda (S.) viridis / Tindale, 1923 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE10FF83FDC3CD3D40C34D63.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males, 3 females) BRAZIL • 1 ♂; green label “ rogatoria / (Illig.) Burm. * / sec. Typ. / Stoll fig. 95 (fem.) / Olivença Hahnel ” // three white labels “ Stagmatoptera binotata / Scudder, 1869 male / det, R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ ZIMG-II- / 28851 ” / “ No Type! Specimen is too young: Dr. / Hahnel collected between 1879 and / 1887 in the Amazonas region! / T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28851. PERU • 1 ♂; green label “ Iquitos / male Stdgr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Female Iquitos / Stdgr. ”; ZIMG. SOUTH AMERICA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Südame / rika ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 2 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with additional white label “ Stagmatoptera binotata / Scudder, 1869 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE10FF83FDC3CD3D40C34D63.taxon	discussion	Remarks The taxonomic classification of this species follows Rodrigues & Cancello (2016). Ehrmann (2002) noted the presence of a male allotype in the ZIMG collection. However, the specimens housed in Greifswald cannot be the types of Stagmatoptera binotata Scudder, 1869 (a replacement name for the homonymous Mantis (Stagmatoptera) rogatoria described by Burmeister in 1838: 540), nor of Mantis rogatoria Houttuyn in Stoll, 1813 (a synoym of Stagmatoptera precaria (Linneaus, 1758 )). Ehrmann’s assumption likely stemmed from a green label on one of the male specimens, which bears the annotation: “ rogatoria (Illig.) Burm. * sec. Typ. ” On the same label, however, the note “ Stoll fig. 95 (fem.) ” also appears, suggesting that “ sec. Typ ” may have been intended merely as a reference to figure 95 in Stoll’s work, which depicts a female. The specimen in question also carries a locality label: “ Olivença Hahnel ”. This refers to Dr Paul Hahnel (1843 – 1887), a German entomologist who conducted several collecting expeditions in South America between 1879 and 1884. One such expedition took him to “ São Paulo de Olivença ” (Staudinger 1890), the locality where this specimen was collected. This indicates that the Greifswald specimen was obtained several decades after the original descriptions of both Mantis rogatoria and Stagmatoptera binotata, and also significantly later than any material studied by Burmeister (1838: 540). Other specimens in the series bear labels marked “ Stdgr. ”, the standard abbreviation for the insect trader Otto Staudinger. This further supports the conclusion that these specimens were collected at a much later date and thus cannot represent original type material.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE13FF83FDD2CF8747C14F49.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 1 female) BRAZIL • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Theresopolis / Michaelis ”; ZIMG. PERU • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Male Female Stdgr. / Jurimaguas ”; ZIMG. SOUTH AMERICA • 1 ♂; green label without text; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Stagmatoptera precaria / (Linné, 1758) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE13FF83FDDBCD9D462E4ED4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) VENEZUELA • 1 ♀; brownish label “ 4202 / La Guayra / J. Smith ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Stagmatoptera supplicaria / (Stoll, 1813) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE12FF82FDD3CA9447D44AAB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 females) VENEZUELA? • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Female Merida / Stdgr. ”; ZIMG. USA • 1 ♀; green label “ Carolina / Lin. Burm. / Texas Stdgr. ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Stagmomantis carolina / (Johansson, 1763) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE12FF82FDD3CA9447D44AAB.taxon	discussion	Remarks According to Anderson (2023), the authorship of this species was historically misattributed to Boas Johansson (1742 – 1809), a student of Linnaeus. In fact, the species was described by Linnaeus himself in Amoenitates Academicae (Linnaeus 1763), not in the dissertation defended by Johansson.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE12FF82FE18C8FE47324DC1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) GUATEMALA • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Guatemala / Dohrn ” // white label “ Stagmomantis venusta / Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE12FF82FDA0CE6740FD4FA4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) AUSTRALIA • 1 ♂; violet label “ apicalis / Sauss. / Gayndah Mus. Godeffr. ” // white label “ Statilia apicalis (Saussure, 1871) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE12FFFDFDFACDCE46154845.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 1 female) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Sumatr. Stdgr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; yellow label “ de Haani / Sauss. / maculata De Haan / pl. 18, fig. 5 / Sumatra Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Statilia maculata maculata / (Thunberg, 1784) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6DFFFDFE1EC90641BB4C1A.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6DFFFDFE1EC90641BB4C1A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Euchomena casta Gerstaecker, 1883 Holotype EQUATORIAL GUINEA • ♂ (Fig. 6); two white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27301 ” // “ Stenopyga (Agriomantis) casta / (Gerstaecker, 1883) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ male HOLOTYPE / Euchomena casta / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27301. Additional labels Blue species label “ casta / Gerst. * / Fernan- / do Pó Buchh. ”. Type locality Equatorial Guinea, Bioko (“ Fernando Pó ”) (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6DFFFDFE1EC90641BB4C1A.taxon	discussion	Remarks As Gerstaecker (1883) referred to a single male specimen from Fernando Pó (March, Buchholz leg.), it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6DFFFDFDC6CEC247D14E2D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 2 females) NEW GUINEA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Male Female Nov. Guinea / Fruhstorf. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Tamolanica tamolana / (Brancsik, 1897) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6CFFFCFE3AC83D40834D00.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Port Natal / Heyne ” // white label “ Tarachodes (T.) insidiator Wood-Mason, 1882 male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6CFFFCFDC5CA10403F48A2.taxon	description	Figs 29 – 30	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6CFFFCFDC5CA10403F48A2.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Tarachodes (Barbachodes) afzellii (Stål, 1871).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6CFFFCFDE8CAC540584B6F.taxon	description	Fig. 9	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6CFFFCFDE8CAC540584B6F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material See Galepsus (Lygdamia) oxycephalus (Gerstaecker, 1883).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6CFFFEFDF4CFA6429548AF.taxon	description	Figs 29 – 30	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6CFFFEFDF4CFA6429548AF.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Tarachodes irrorata Gerstaecker, 1883 (2 males) Syntypes GHANA • 1 ♂ (Fig. 29); white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27307 a ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27307 a • 1 ♂ (Fig. 30); white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27307 b ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27307 b. Other material examined (1 male) SIERRA LEONE • 1 ♂; blue label “ Sierra Leone / Preuss. ” // white label “ Tarachodes (Barbachodes) afzellii / (Stål, 1871) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG. Additional labels Blue species label “ irrorata / Gerst. * / Akkra Buchh. ”; both with white label “ Tarachodes (Barbachodes) afzellii / (Stål, 1871) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ male SYNTYPE / Tarachodes irrorata / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”. Type locality Ghana, Akkra (Buchholz leg.).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6CFFFEFDF4CFA6429548AF.taxon	discussion	Remarks Ehrmann (2002) stated that the female holotype of Tarachodes afzelii is housed in the ZIMG collection. However, this specimen is not present in the collection. Instead, two male syntypes of the junior synonym Tarachodes irrorata are housed there. No type specimens designated by Stål are present in the ZIMG Mantodea collection.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6EFFFEFE47C990460C4AD0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 1 female) MADAGASCAR • 1 ♂; blue label “ Madag. Hildebr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels Both with white label “ Tarachomantis alaotrana / Giglio-Tos, 1913 / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6EFFFEFDE9CF89415C4E94.taxon	description	Fig. 18	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6EFFFEFDE9CF89415C4E94.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Miomantis cephalotes Gerstaecker, 1883 Holotype CAMEROON • ♀ (Fig. 18); two white labels “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27302 ” // “ T aumantis cephalotes / (Gerstaecker, 1883) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ female HOLOTYPE / Miomantis cephalotes / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27302. Additional labels Blue species label “ cephalotes / Gerst. * / Victoria Buchh. ”. Type locality Cameroon, Limbé (“ Victoria ”) (leg Buchholz).	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6EFFFEFDE9CF89415C4E94.taxon	discussion	Remarks As Gerstaecker (1883) referred to a single female specimen (“ Camaroons (Victoria: Juni) ”), it is considered the holotype by monotypy.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE69FFF9FDA1CABF47854BCF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 1 female) MALAYSIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Male Female Penang / Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Tenodera aridifolia / (Stoll, 1813) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE69FFF9FDC8C81A47F64C0A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males, 1 female) AUSTRALIA • 1 ♀; violet label “ Australasiae / Leach / Sauss. / Mant. Darchii Mc Ley / tessellata Burm. / Rockhamp. Mus. Godeffr. ”; ZIMG. BORNEO • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Male Borneo / Stdgr. ”; ZIMG. MALAYSIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Male Penang / Fruhst. ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Tenodera australasiae / (Leach, 1814) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE69FFF9FDDFCE5D46264EF0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 4 females) CAMEROON • 1 ♀; blue label “ superstitiosa / Fab. Gerst. * / attenuata Stoll / fasciata Ol. Burm. / Jenssoki Buchh. ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28867. GABON • 1 ♂; blue label “ Eninga / Buchh. ”; ZIMG. GHANA • 1 ♀; blue label “ Akkra / Buchh. ”; ZIMG. SIERRA LEONE • 1 ♂; blue label “ Male Female Freetown / Sierra Leone / Preuss. ”; ZIMG. TANZANIA • 1 ♀; blue label “ Bagamojo / Fischer ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 28868. Additional labels All with white label “ Tenodera superstitiosa / (Fabricius, 1781) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE68FFF8FDD5CAB647984B8A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) BORNEO • 1 ♂; yellow label “ Burmeisteri / De Haan / pl. 16, fig. 3 / Borneo Stdgr. ” // white label “ Theopompa burmeisteri / (De Haan, 1842) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE68FFF8FDCFC9DD47CB4D30.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male, 4 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; yellow label “ Servillei / De Haan / pl. 16, fig. 6 / Java / orient. Fruhst. ”; ZIMG • 4 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Theopompa servillei / (De Haan, 1842) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE68FFF8FE09CFE941404EF4.taxon	description	Figs 11 – 12	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE68FFF8FE09CFE941404EF4.taxon	materials_examined	Type material of Humbertiella heterochroa Gerstaecker, 1883 (2 males) Syntypes CAMEROON • 1 ♂ (Fig. 11); white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27306 a ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27306 a • 1 ♂ (Fig. 12); white label “ Zool. Mus. / Greifswald / II 27306 b ”; ZIMG, ZIMG-II- 27306 b. Additional labels Blue species label “ heterochroa / Gerst. * / Quaqua Buchh. ”; both with white label “ Theopompella heterochroa / (Gerstaecker, 1883) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // red label “ male SYNTYPE / Humbertiella heterochroa / Gerstaecker, 1883 / (original combination) / det. T. Mainda 2024 ”. Type locality Cameroon, Quaqua (Buchholz leg.). Additional material examined (1 female) UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; white label “ Theopompella heterochroa (Gerstaecker, 1883), female, det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6BFFFBFDD8CABF47D84BEB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 5 females) INDONESIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Male Female Java orient. / Fruhstorfer ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Java occident. / Pangalengan / 4000 1893 / H. Fruhstorfer. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Theopropus cattulus / (Westwood, 1889) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6BFFFBFD87C8DC410D4DB8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 male) PERU • 1 ♂; green label “ Juanfué / Garlepp ” // white label “ Thespis parva / (Drury, 1773) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6BFFFBFDFCCE4D41434F7C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) BRAZIL • 1 ♀; green label “ Blumenau Müll. ” // two brownish labels “ Thespis / spec. nymph. / Blumenau Müll. ” // “ Thesp. Infumata / Serv.? pl. 79 ” // white label “ Thesprotia infumata / (Serville, 1839) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6BFFFAFDB9CC2D47C84BBA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (3 males, 3 females) BORNEO • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Oxypilus / planiceps / De Haan Male. / pl. 17, fig. 11 / Borneo Stdg. ”; ZIMG. INDONESIA • 1 ♂; brownish label “ Sumatr. Stdgr. ”; ZIMG • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Male Java occid. / Fruhstorf. ”; ZIMG. UNKNOWN LOCALITY • 1 ♀; brownish label “ Gatt. Tropidomantis / Stål (sec. coll. Bruner) / Art ohne Namen! ”; ZIMG • 2 ♂♂; ZIMG. Additional labels All with white label “ Tropidomantis (T.) tenera / (Stål, 1860) / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ”.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6AFFFAFD91C86342E34DA5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (1 female) VENEZUELA • 1 ♀; green label without text // brownish label “ 4201 / Laguayra / J. Smith ” // three white labels “ Zoolea lobipes / (Olivier, 1792) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ 2 / EMAU ” // “ Zoolea lobipes / (Olivier, 1792) female / Syn.: Zoolea gigas Giglio-Tos, 1914 / det. Roger Roy – Paris 10. IX. 2006 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
03F7453AFE6AFFFAFDA8CFCF42E04E17.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined (2 males, 4 females) BRAZIL • 1 ♀; green label “ macropterus / Stoll / Charp. fig., 25, 26. / lobipes / Ol. Serv. / orbus Burm. / Theresopol. Fruhst. ” // three white labels “ Zoolea lobipes (Olivier, 1792) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ 1 / EMAU ” // “ Zoolea orba (Burmeister, 1838) female / Syn.: Zoolea guerinii Giglio-Tos, 1914, Syn.: Zoolea minor Giglio-Tos, 1914 / det. Roger Roy – Paris 10. IX. 2006 ”; ZIMG • 2 ♂♂; each with one white label “ 6 / EMAU ” or “ 7 / EMAU ”; two white labels “ Zoolea lobipes / (Olivier, 1792) male / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ Zoolea orba (Burmeister, 1838) male / Syn.: Zoolea guerinii Giglio-Tos, 1914, Syn.: Zoolea minor Giglio-Tos, 1914 / det. Roger Roy – Paris 10. IX. 2006 ”; ZIMG • 3 ♀♀; each with one white label “ 3 / EMAU ”, “ 4 / EMAU ” or “ 5 / EMAU ”; two white labels “ Zoolea minor (Burmeister, 1838) female / det. R. Ehrmann, III. 1999 ” // “ Zoolea orba (Burmeister, 1838) female / Syn.: Zoolea guerinii Giglio-Tos, 1914, Syn.: Zoolea minor Giglio-Tos, 1914 / det. Roger Roy – Paris 10. IX. 2006 ”; ZIMG.	en	Mainda, Tobias, Michalik, Peter, Lopardo, Lara (2026): An annotated catalogue of type and non-type material of praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) housed in the Zoological Museum of the University of Greifswald (ZIMG), Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 1063: 1-79, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1063.3287, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3287/14495
