Stagmomantis gracilipes Rehn, 1907

Taxonomic history. Described as Stagmomantis gracilipes by Rehn (1907). Synonyms: Auromantis gracilipes (given in Giglio-Tos 1927), Auromantis gracilis (given in Giglio-Tos 1917).

Distribution. Arizona in USA (Helfer 1987; Ehrmann 2002; Agudelo et al. 2007).

Species description. Rehn (1907); Giglio-Tos (1927), brief; Helfer (1987), brief.

Features. S. gracilipes has a slender body. Male features: forewings are brown, with an opaque marginal strip that has a russet margin; hindwings have dark spots; forelimbs are slender, with the principal discoidal spine near the middle of the femur (Rehn 1907; Giglio-Tos 1927). Females: body coloration is typically golden or yellowish (Helfer 1987). Rehn (1935b) describes the female's distinctive and unique triangular supra-anal plate.