Galepsus congicus Rehn, 1912

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 : 42-43

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Tarachodidae

Galepsus congicus Rehn, 1912

Galepsus congicus : Rehn 1912: 455-457; Giglio-Tos 1927: 102 [Junior SYN of Galepsus pentheri Giglio-Tos, 1911]; Ehrmann 2002: 154 [SYN]; Otte and Spearman 2005: 330 [NON-SYN].

Type.

Holotype Male (Fig. 5 A–C; USNM ENT 00873978). The male specimen was referred to as the “Type” by Rehn (1912) and under Article 73.1.1 of the Code this sole name-bearing male specimen is the holotype.

Holotype labels.

Luebo Congo - D. W. Snyder / Galepsus - congicus - TYPE Rehn / Type - No. - U.S.N.M. [USNM Type No. 14603; referenced in the original description]

Measurements.

Body length 28.96; forewing length 19.54; hindwing length 18.80; pronotum length 6.70; prozone length 2.03; pronotum width 2.39; pronotum narrow width 1.98; head width 3.24; head vertex to clypeus 2.28; frons width 1.36; frons height 1.20; prothoracic femur length 5.02; mesothoracic femur length 4.10; mesothoracic tibia length 3.74; mesothoracic tarsus length 2.87; metathoracic femur length 6.19; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R13/L13; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L#; anteroventral tibial spine count R11/L12; posteroventral tibial spine count R11/L10.