Oxyothespis longicollis 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 : 71

Oxyothespis longicollis Beier, 1931

Fig. 46a–c

Oxyothespis longicollis Beier, 1931: 6–7 .

Type material

Holotype (1 male)

SOMALIA • ♂ ( Fig. 46a–c ); “// Type // Eing. Nr. 127.1928. // Forschungsreise / C. v. Erlanger / Nord-Ost-Afrika. // BritOst-Afrika / Umfudu a. Ganale / 16.– 25.6.1901. // Oxyothespis / longicollis / det. [crossed out] Beier / Type! ♂ // Mfudu 18/VI 01 ”; ZMH 841071 .

Type locality

British East Africa, Munfuudhi at the Jubba River [ Somalia].

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Incomplete: abdominal apex is missing.

Remarks

The type locality information given by Ehrmann (2002) is not correct. On the original label Mfudu is named as locality. Comparing the named localities depicted in a historical blueprint showing the course of the Jubba River from Bardere to the place called Mfudu (Hannyngton & Shaw 1903) with current maps we come to the assumption that Mfudu might be a historical name for Munfuudhi in Somalia.

Figures

Fig. 46. a–c. Oxyothespis longicollis Beier, 1931, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841071). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–g. Toxodera spinigera Beier, 1931, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841100). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. g. Lateral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.