Stagmatoptera praedicatoria Saussure, 1870

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 : 49-52

Stagmatoptera praedicatoria Saussure, 1870 Fig. 31d–f

Stagmatoptera binotata Scudder, 1869: 341–342 .

Stagmatoptera praedicatoria Saussure, 1870: 232 .

Stagmatoptera binotata – Rodrigues & Cancello 2016: 8–10 (syn.).

Type material

Syntype (1 male)

PERU • 1 ♂ ( Fig. 31d–f ); “// Stagmatoptera / binotata Scudd. / det. Beier ♂ // Stagmatopt. / praedicatoria Sss. / cfr. Westw. Revis. Mant. / Append. p. 36. // Stagmatoptera sp. n. / Alto Amazonas. / (?) / e Coll. Brunner / v. Wattenwyl / idem ded. 11.12.1889.”; ZMH 833029 .

Type locality

Brazil.

Current status

Synonym of Stagmatoptera binotata Scudder, 1869 .

Habitus

Complete.

Remarks

The original description only refers to a single specimen from Brazil. This specimen is likely the one labeled as holotype, which is deposited at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN) in Paris with the correct data and species name associated. Specimens labelled as syntypes are in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle in Geneva, in the Museum Basel (NMB) and the specimen in Hamburg might be one as well. As these specimens are not mentioned in the original description and the labels state more detailed location information they are likely not part of the original type series.Yet, as the specimens from Geneva, Basel and Hamburg show a similar handwriting and the same location, it cannot be excluded they were considered in the original description, hence, we list the specimens here for reference.

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.