Stagmomantis centralis (Giglio-Tos, 1917)

Maxwell, Michael R., 2014, A synoptic review of the genus Stagmomantis (Mantodea: Mantidae), Zootaxa 3765 (6), pp. 501-525 : 514-515

Stagmomantis centralis (Giglio-Tos, 1917)

Taxonomic history. First described as Uromantis centralis by Giglio-Tos (1917); assigned to Stagmomantis by Terra (1995). Synonym: Uromantis similis (given in Giglio-Tos 1917, 1927).

Distribution. USA and Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venezuela (Ehrmann 2002; Agudelo et al. 2007).

Species description. Giglio-Tos (1917), brief; Giglio-Tos (1927), as Uromantis ; Rehn (1935b), brief. Features. S. centralis is relatively short in length for this genus (Giglio-Tos 1917; Table 2). The internal face of the anterior femur may have paired black dots in brown individuals; these spots are often absent in green individuals (Giglio-Tos 1927; Rehn 1935b; Jantsch 1985). Male features: forewings with an opaque, pale yellow marginal strip (Giglio-Tos 1927; Rehn 1935b). Female features: forewings are relatively short; the apices of the hindwings, when closed, are rounded and rectangulate (Rehn 1935b).