Pogonogaster latens Hebard, 1919

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 : 59-61

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Thespidae

Pogonogaster latens Hebard, 1919

Pogonogaster latens : Hebard 1919: 136-137; Giglio-Tos 1927: 274; Beier 1935: 16; Terra 1995: 50; Salazar 1999: 10; Ehrmann 2002: 284 [Holotype listed as deposited in ANSP]; Otte and Spearman 2005: 377; Agudelo et al. 2007: 118.

Type.

Holotype Female (Fig. 18E; USNM ENT 00873971). The female specimen was referred to as the “Type” by Hebard (1919) and under Article 73.1.1 of the Code this sole name-bearing female specimen is the holotype.

Holotype labels.

Rio Aguatal - Colombia. November - 1908. 1800 m. - Coll. A.H. Fasst / Pogonogaster - latens - Hebard - TYPE.

Measurements.

Body length 31.57; pronotum length 10.01; prozone length 3.08; prothoracic femur length 8.56; mesothoracic femur length 7.93; mesothoracic tibia length 8.33; mesothoracic tarsus length 6.53; metathoracic femur length 9.27; metathoracic tibia length 9.94; metathoracic tarsus length 8.42; discoidal femoral spines R3/L3; anteroventral femoral spine count R9/L9; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R3/L3; posteroventral tibial spine count R1/L1.