Empusidae

Caesar, Maram, Roy, Roger, Legendre, Frederic, Grandcolas, Philippe & Pellens, Roseli, 2015, Catalogue of Dictyoptera from Syria and neighbouring countries (Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan), Zootaxa 3948 (1), pp. 71-92 : 80-81

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7BC94949-F2CE-4DA7-AA27-76CEF9047B5F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116171
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B98793-FFD6-5C6C-FF6F-F8E8FB1A3C79
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Empusidae
status

Treatment

Family: Empusidae View in CoL

Blepharopsis mendica ( Fabricius, 1775) View in CoL Mantis mendica Fabricius, 1775: 275 .

Empusa mendica: Blanchard, 1840: 10 .

Blepharis mendica: Saussure, 1871a: 181 ; Westwood, 1889: 26; Bolívar, 1893: 8; Kirby, 1894: 138. Blepharopsis mendica: Kirby, 1904: 315 View in CoL ; Çiplak & Demirsoy, 1997: 105; Ehrmann, 2002: 79; 2011: 7; Battiston et al., 2010: 87.

Blepharis monstrosa: Krauss, 1909: 112 .

Blepharopsis mendica mendica Giglio-Tos, 1927: 645 View in CoL ; Otte & Spearman, 2005: 43. Geographical records: Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Syria.

General distribution: from Morocco to Syria.

Type series: 2males, 3females, 1female juv. ZMHB. Type locality: Egypt: Alexandria.

Empusa fasciata Brullé, 1832 View in CoL

Empusa fasciata Brullé, 1832: 83 View in CoL ; Bolívar, 1893: 7; Giglio-Tos, 1927: 637; Çiplak & Demirsoy, 1997: 106; Ehrmann, 2002: 126; 2011: 10; Eid et al., 2009: 23; Otte & Spearman, 2005: 46; Battiston et al., 2010: 96. Geographical records: Turkey, Jordan, Syria.

General distribution: from Greece and Algeria to India.

Type series: lost.

Empusa longicollis Ramme, 1951 View in CoL

Empusa longicollis Ramme, 1951: 134 View in CoL –135; Roy, 2004: 9; Battiston et al., 2010: 98. Geographical records: Turkey.

General distribution: Turkey.

Type series: Holotype female ZMHB, Allotype male ZMHB. Type locality: Turkey: Anatolia.

Empusa pennicornis pennicornis ( Pallas, 1773) View in CoL

Mantis pennicornis Pallas, 1773: 728 ; Linnaeus, in Gmelin, 1790: 2055; Olivier, 1792: 635, Otte & Spearman, 2005: 50.

Empusa pennicornis Giglio-Tos, 1927: 639 View in CoL ; Çiplak & Demirsoy, 1997: 107. Empusa orientalis Burmeister, 1838: 546 –547.

Empusa attenuata Ramme, 1951: 135 –136.

Empusa pennicornis pennicornis Ehrmann, 2002: 128 View in CoL ; 2011: 12; Battiston et al., 2010: 99. Geographical records: Syria, Turkey.

General distribution: from Ukraine to China.

Type series: Syntype male ZMHB, (Synonym: (E.a.) Syntype male, female ZMHB, Paratype 4 males - 2 females ZMHB). Type locality: Syria: Caspium, (Paratype: Anatolia: Gebirge bei Malatia=Messina, Type: Aserbadsha=Bregli).

Empusa uvarovi Chopard, 1921 View in CoL

Empusa uvarovi Chopard, 1921: 52 View in CoL –53; Ehrmann, 2002: 130; Otte & Spearman, 2005: 52; Battiston et al., 2010: 100.

Geographical records: Iraq.

General distribution: Iraq, India.

Type series: Syntype male, female NHM. Type locality: Iraq: Mesopotamia Amara, Alhagi.