Lobocneme icterica (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)

Salvatrice Ippolito & Francesco Lombardo, 2015, Taxonomic considerations on Lobocneme Rehn, 1911 and Paroxyopsis Rehn, 1911 and a new synonymy (Insecta Mantodea: Stagmatopterinae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 122 (2), pp. 201-206 : 202-203

Lobocneme icterica (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)

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Fig. 7 Oxyops icterica Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: 190 .

Oxyops icterica . ‒ Kirby, 1904: 298.

Paroxyopsis icterica . – Rehn, 1911: 8. ‒ Giglio-Tos, 1914: 19. ‒ Giglio-Tos, 1927: 588. ‒ Beier, 1964: 950. ‒ Terra, 1995: 68. ‒ Ehrmann, 2002: 275. ‒ Otte et al., 2005. ‒ Agudelo et al., 2007: 125.

Type material examined: MNHG; holotype female of Paroxyopsis icterica from South America .

Remarks: This species is known only from the female holotype ( Fig. 7), originating from an unspecified area of South America, deposited in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève ( MHNG). It is generally in fair condition, with only some damage to the anal area of the mesothoracic wings; the right middle leg and the left hind leg are missing.

Figs 1-5. Lobocneme lobipes : (1, 2) Anterior coxae male and female. (3) Left phallomere in dorsal view. (4) Left phallomere in ventral view. (5) Ventral phallomere. Scale = 1 mm

Ehrmann (2002) mentioned it from Mato Grosso (Urucum) but in our opinion this latter locality must be eliminated, because it is related to a misidentification made by Giglio-Tos (1900), who erroneously assigned to Oxyops icterica Sauss. & Zehnt. a male specimen from Urucum (Mato Grosso), as he himself subsequently admitted (1914). Therefore the distribution of this species in South America remains unknown.