Oxyopsis oculea Rehn, 1920

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 : 53-55

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Mantidae

Oxyopsis oculea Rehn, 1920

Oxyopsis oculea : Rehn 1920: 231-235; Giglio-Tos 1927: 585; Terra 1995: 66; Ehrmann 2002: 293 [Holotype and Allotype listed as deposited in ANSP]; Otte and Spearman 2005: 293; Agudelo et al. 2007: 124.

Types.

Holotype Female (Fig. 11 A–C; USNM ENT 00873984). Allotype Male (Fig. 11 D–F; USNM ENT 00873983).

Holotype labels.

53 / Bnito Prov. - Pernmbuco - Brazil 7-15/.82 / Oxyopsis - oculea - Rehn - Type / U.S.N.M. - Type 61284

Allotype labels.

53 / Bnito Prov. - Pernmbuco - Brazil 2-15/.82 / Oxyopsis - oculea - Rehn - Allotype / Oxyopsis - oculea - Rehn. / Allotype - 61284 / TypeNo. - U.S.N.M.

Measurements.

Holotype female. Body length 62.70; forewing length 30.57; hindwing length 32.56; pronotum length 23.40; prozone length 5.26; pronotum width 4.31; pronotum narrow width 2.59; head width 8.68; head vertex to clypeus 3.17; frons width 2.83; frons height 1.28; prothoracic femur length 15.56; mesothoracic femur length 13.43; mesothoracic tibia length 12.40; mesothoracic tarsus length 6.73; metathoracic femur length 17.71; metathoracic tibia length 17.99; metathoracic tarsus length 9.13; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R15/L14; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R#/L#; posteroventral tibial spine count R10/L10.

Allotype male. Body length 45.82; hindwing length 28.27; pronotum length 12.44; prozone length 2.90; pronotum width 2.28; pronotum narrow width 1.40; head width 5.80; head vertex to clypeus 1.79; frons width 1.76; frons height 0.60; prothoracic femur length 8.24; mesothoracic femur length 7.94; mesothoracic tibia length 7.09; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R15/L15; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R17/L16; posteroventral tibial spine count R11/L11.