Pseudomiopteryx cf. decipiens Giglio-Tos, 1915

Schwarz, Christian J., Ehrmann, Reinhard, Stiewe, Martin B. D., Mörtter, Rolf & Falkenberg, Michael, 2020, Mantodea of Panguana (Insecta: Dictyoptera), Zootaxa 4824 (1), pp. 1-66 : 10-11

Pseudomiopteryx cf. decipiens Giglio-Tos, 1915

( Figs. 17–18 , 29–30 )

Type locality. Tolima, Colombia (Giglio-Tos, 1915) .

Records. CeNak: ♂, 02.VI.1969, leg. H. W. Koepcke; ♀ and ootheca, 17.I.1971, leg. H. W. Koepcke; ♂, VIII.–IX.1971, leg. H. W. Koepcke; ♀, 16.IX.1973, leg. H. W. Koepcke. MUSM : ♂, 230 m, 01.V.2018, leg. M. Falkenberg (ex. SMNK). NMB : ♂, 260 m, 13.VIII.1985, leg. A. Schwenke (QR-NMB-Mant 1910, ex. CeNak); ♂, 260 m, 22.XI.–07.XII.2008, leg. E. Diller (QR-NMB-Mant 0373, ex. ZSM). SMNK : ♂, 220 m, lux, 07.IV.2003, leg. T. Kothe (SMNK-Mant 07897); ♂, 260 m, malaise trap, 21.IX.–04.X.2004, leg. K. Schönitzer, T. Kothe ( SMNK-Mant 12767) (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 417, Fig. 29 ) ; ♀, 230 m, forest station, 22.IX.–10.X.2017, leg. E.-G. Burmeister (SMNK-Mant 12827, ex. ZSM) ; 2 ♂♂, 230 m, 26.IV.2018, leg. M. Falkenberg (SMNK-Mant 12805–12806); ♂, 230 m, 01.V.2018, leg. M. Falkenberg (SMNK-Mant 12807). ZSM : ♂, 260 m, malaise trap, 21.IX.–04.X.2004, leg. K. Schönitzer, T. Kothe; 2 ♂♂, 260 m, malaise trap, 21.IX.–04.X.2004, leg. K. Schönitzer, T. Kothe (genitalia preparations Stiewe P. g. 01 & Ps. 02); ♂, 260 m, malaise trap, 21.IX.–04.X.2004, leg. K. Schönitzer, T. Kothe; ♂, 260 m, 20.IX.–07.X.2007, leg. E. Diller; ♀, 260 m, 23.XI.–11.XII.2008, leg. K. Schönitzer, F. Glaw & F. Wachtel ( Figs. 17–18 ); ♂, 230 m, malaise trap, V.2013, leg. E. Diller. CSC : ♀, 16.II.1971, leg. H. W. Koepcke (ex. CeNak); ♂, 230 m, lux, 13.X.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 373, Fig. 30 ) (ex. SMNK) ; ♂, 230 m, 18.IV.2018, leg. M. Falkenberg (ex. SMNK) .

Distribution. Colombia, Peru, Venezuela.

Remarks. The systematics of this genus is currently unresolved, so our identifications have to be regarded as preliminary. The female specimens investigated by us correspond very well to the female types of Ps. decipiens housed in the MRSN, while the male genitalia are very close to those of Ps. decipiens from northern S America (C. Favacho & J. Rivera, pers. com.). New for Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 15–18. Genus Pseudomiopteryx. 15. Pseudomiopteryx sp., female in dorsal view. 16. Same, ventral view. 17. Pseudomiopteryx cf. decipiens Giglio-Tos, 1915, female in dorsal view. 18. Same, ventral view. Scale bar: 10 mm.

FIGURES 29–32. Male genitalia of selected Thespidae in ventral view. 29–30. Pseudomiopteryx cf. decipiens Giglio-Tos, 1915. 31. Macromusonia conspersa (Saussure, 1870). 32. Thesprotiella peruana Beier, 1935. Not to scale.