Stagmomantis theophila Rehn, 1904

Svenson, Gavin J., 2014, The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA, ZooKeys 433, pp. 31-75 : 64-65

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Mantidae

Stagmomantis theophila Rehn, 1904

Stagmomantis theophila : Rehn 1904: 563-564; Kirby 1904: 252; Hebard 1923: 340; Hebard 1924: 131; Hebard 1933a: 29; Hebard 1933b: 121; Beier 1935: 96; Terra 1995: 70; Salazar 1999: 11; Ehrmann 2002: 332 [Holotype listed as deposited in ANSP]; Agudelo 2004: 57; Otte and Spearman 2005: 212; Agudelo et al. 2007: 124.

Stauromantis theophila : Giglio-Tos 1917: 54; Giglio-Tos 1927: 384; Salazar 2002: 126.

Type.

Holotype Male (Fig. 16 D–F; USNM ENT 00873965). The male specimen was referred to as the “Type” by Rehn (1904) and under Article 73.1.1 of the Code this sole name-bearing male specimen is the holotype.

Holotype labels.

Turrialba - Costa Rica / Coll Schild - & Burgdorf / Stagmomantis - theophila - TYPE Rehn. / Type - No. 7054 - U.S.N.M. [Cat. No. 6952, U.S.N.M.; referenced in the original description]

Measurements.

Body length 64.42; forewing length 41.80; hindwing length 38.21; pronotum length 19.76; prozone length 4.40; pronotum width 3.56; pronotum narrow width 1.70; head width 6.81; head vertex to clypeus 2.32; frons width 2.24; frons height 0.92; prothoracic femur length 12.82; mesothoracic femur length 11.34; mesothoracic tibia length 8.66; mesothoracic tarsus length 6.18; metathoracic femur length 13.12; metathoracic tibia length 11.96; metathoracic tarsus length 8.10; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R15/L15; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R14/L14; posteroventral tibial spine count R11/L11.