Eremiaphila yemenita Uvarov, 1939

Nguyen, Eileen, Husemann, Martin & Ehrmann, Reinhard, 2024, An annotated type catalogue of praying mantises (Mantodea) in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH), European Journal of Taxonomy 964, pp. 1-79 : 13-16

Eremiaphila yemenita Uvarov, 1939

Figs 8–10

Eremiaphila yemenita Uvarov, 1939: 550–551 .

Type material

Holotype (1 female)

YEMEN • ♀ ( Fig. 8a–c ); “// Holo- / type // Brit. Mus / 1972–187. // Arabien, Yemen / Sanaa . 8.1931 / Dr. C. Rathjens leg. / Eing. Nr. 55, 1932. // Eremiaphila / yemenita sp. n. / TYPE / Det. B. Uvarov 1937”; ZMH 833041 .

Paratypes (4 females, 1 male)

YEMEN • 1 ♀ ( Fig. 8d–f ); “// Para- / type // 1 // Arabien, Yemen / Sanaa 8.1931 / Dr. C. Rathjens leg. / Eing. Nr. 55, 1932. // Brit. Mus / 19712–187. // Eremiaphila / yemenita sp. n. / Paratype / Det. B. Uvarov 1937”; ZMH 833042 • 1 ♀ ( Fig. 9a–c ); “// Para- / type // Brit. Mus. / 1972–187. // 2 // Arabien, Yemen / Sanaa 8.1931 / Dr. C. Rathjens leg. / Eing. Nr. 55, 1932. // Eremiaphila / yemenita / Paratype sp. n. / Det. B. Uvarov 1937”; ZMH 833043 • 1 ♀ ( Fig. 9d–f ); “// Para- / type // 3 // Arabien, Yemen / Sanaa 8.1931 / Dr. C. Rathjens leg. / Eing. Nr. 55, 1932. // Brit. Mus. / 1972–187. // Eremiaphila / yemenita / sp. n. / Paratype / Det. B. Uvarov 1937”; ZMH 833044 • 1 ♀ ( Fig. 10 a–c ); “// Para- / type // 4 // Arabien, Yemen / Sanaa 8.1931 / Dr. C. Rathjens leg. / Eing. Nr. 55, 1932. // Brit. Mus. / 1972–187. // Eremiaphila / yemenita sp. n. / Paratype / Det. B. Uvarov 1937”; ZMH 833045 • 1 ♂ ( Fig. 10d–f ); “// Para- / type // Brit. Mus. / 1972–187. // Eremiaphila / yemenita sp. n. / Paratype / Det. B. Uvarov 1937 // Arabien, Yemen / Sanaa 8.1931 / Dr. C. Rathjens leg. / Eing. Nr. 55, 1932. // 6”; ZMH 833047 .

Type locality

Yemen: Sanaa.

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Holotype and paratype females all complete. Paratype male incomplete: not one leg of the last pair is completely preserved. The Museum Basel (NMB) received one specimen of Eremiaphila yemenita (paratype 1 female, ZMH 844036) in exchange for Hierodula (Parhierodula) salomonis (paratype 1 male, NMB-MANTO0000741).

Figures

Fig. 8. Eremiaphila yemenita Uvarov, 1939. a–c. Holotype, ♀ (ZMH 833041). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Paratype, ♀ (ZMH 833042). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.

Fig. 9. Eremiaphila yemenita Uvarov, 1939. a–c. Paratype, ♀ (ZMH 833043). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Paratype, ♀ (ZMH 833044). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.

Fig. 10. Eremiaphila yemenita Uvarov, 1939. a–c. Paratype, ♀ (ZMH 833045). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Paratype, ♂ (ZMH 833047). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.