Sphodromantis occidentalis var. inornata Werner, 1923

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scientific name	Sphodromantis occidentalis var. inornata Werner, 1923
status

Treatment

Fig. 31a–c View Fig

Mantis gastrica Stål, 1858: 308 .

Sphodromantis occidentalis var. inornata Werner, 1923: 123 .

Sphodromantis gastrica View in CoL – Roy 2010: 348–350 (syn.).

Type material

Holotype (1 male)

NAMIBIA • ♂ ( Fig. 31a–c View Fig ); “// Sphodromantis / occidentalis Wern. / ♂ v. inornata Wern. / Fr. Werner det. 1922. // Deutsch- / Südwest-Afrika. / H. Rolle / vend. 25.XI.1904. // Fr. Werner / publ. 1923.”; ZMH 841114 View Materials .

Type locality

German South West Africa [ Namibia].

Current status

Synonym of Sphodromantis gastrica ( Stål, 1858) .

Habitus

Incomplete: not one leg of the last pair is completely preserved.

References

Roy R. 2010. Mises au point sur le genre Sphodromantis Stal, 1871 (Mantodea, Mantidae). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France 115 (3): 345 - 366. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 2010.2692

Stal C. 1858. Orthoptera och Hemiptera fran sodra Afrika. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 15: 307 - 320. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 15959377 [accessed 19 Sep. 2024].

Werner F. 1923. Mantodea und Phasmodea. In: Michaelsen W. (ed.) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Land- und Susswasserfauna Deutsch-Sudwestafrikas. Ergebnisse der Hamburger deutsch-sudwestafrikanischen Studienreise 1911. Band II, Lieferung 2: 105 - 132. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg.

Figures

Fig. 31. a–c. Sphodromantis occidentalis var. inornata Werner, 1923, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841114). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Stagmatoptera praedicatoria Saussure, 1870, syntype, ♂ (ZMH 833029). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.