Phaeomantis brevipes Beier, 1931

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 : 46

Phaeomantis brevipes Beier, 1931

Fig. 29a–c

Phaeomantis brevipes Beier, 1931: 17–18 .

Melliera brevipes – Rehn 1951: 1–5.

Type material

Holotype (1 male)

COSTA RICA • ♂ ( Fig. 29a–c ); “// Type // Costa-Rica, Ebene / von Limon bei / Las Mercedes. // Farm Hamburg am / Reventazón. / 12–30 km v. Atlantik / 12.V.1926. // F. Nevermann leg. / Eing. Nr. 49, 1926. // Nevermannia / brevipes ♂ / det. [crossed out] Beier / Type! // Phaeomantis brevipes / Beier, 1931 / Holotypus, ♂ ”; ZMH 841119 .

Type locality

Costa Rica: plain of Limón, Farm Hamburg at Reventazón River, 12–30 km from the Atlantic.

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Complete.

Remarks

Handwritten label with determination [ Nevermannia brevipes ] probably written by Max Beier.

Figures

Fig. 29. a–c. Phaeomantis brevipes Beier, 1931, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841119). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Pseudomantis hartmeyeri Werner, 1912, syntype, ♂ (ZMH 831016). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.