Palaeothespis oreophilus Tinkham, 1937

Svenson, Gavin J., 2014, The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA, ZooKeys 433, pp. 31-75 : 55-56

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Thespidae

Palaeothespis oreophilus Tinkham, 1937

Palaeothespis oreophilus : Tinkham 1937: 498-499; Ehrmann 2002: 381 [Holotype and Allotype listed as deposited in ANSP]; Otte and Spearman 2005: 381.

Types.

Holotype Male (Fig. 12 A–C; USNM ENT 00873985). Allotype Female (Fig. 12 D–F; USNM ENT 00873986).

Holotype labels.

China-Tibet - Border - DCGraham / Tatelenlu - 8-9000 ft - VIII.16.30 / Palaeothespis - oreophilus - 1937 Tinkham - HOLOTYPE ♂ / TypeNo. - 52045 - U.S.N.M.

Allotype labels.

VenChuan - Szechuen, China - Coll. DC. Graham. / Aug - 1924. / DCGraham - Coll / Palaeothespis - oreophilus - 1937 Tinkham - ALLOTYPE ♀ / Allotype.No. - 52045 - U.S.N.M.

Measurements.

Holotype male. Body length 38.37; forewing length 29.10; pronotum length 6.92; prozone length 2.63; pronotum width 2.92; pronotum narrow width 1.84; head width 4.03; head vertex to clypeus 1.88; frons width 1.51; frons height 0.72; prothoracic femur length 7.57; mesothoracic femur length 7.23; mesothoracic tibia length 6.34; mesothoracic tarsus length 4.80; metathoracic femur length 8.66; metathoracic tibia length 9.17; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R12/L11; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R9/L8; posteroventral tibial spine count R7/L6.

Allotype female. Body length 25.05; pronotum length 7.69; prozone length 2.82; pronotum width 3.74; pronotum narrow width 1.82; head width 4.45; head vertex to clypeus 2.19; frons width 1.71; frons height 0.68; prothoracic femur length 7.74; mesothoracic femur length 7.10; mesothoracic tibia length 6.21; mesothoracic tarsus length 4.35; metathoracic femur length 8.10; metathoracic tibia length 8.37; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R10/L10; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R8/L8; posteroventral tibial spine count R4/L5.