Catamusonia minor 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 : 65-66

Catamusonia minor Beier, 1931

Figs 41–42

Mionyx ferus Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: 166–167 .

Catamusonia minor Beier, 1931: 14 .

Musoniola fera – Rivera & Svenson 2020: 63, 215 (syn.).

Type material

Syntypes (1 male, 1 female)

COSTA RICA • 1 ♂ ( Fig. 41 ); “// Type // Costa Rica, Ebene / von Limon; Las Mer- / cedes. 11.– 12. 1921. // 150–300m Ü. M. / 20–30 Km vom / Atlantik. // F. Nevermann leg. / ded. 10.2.1922. // L. Mercedes / Nov. Dez. // Catamusonia / minor ♂ / det. [crossed out] Beier / Type!”; ZMH 833034 • 1 ♀ ( Fig. 42 ); “// Type // 10–30 m ü. M., 12–30 / Km vom Atlantik. // F. Nevermann leg. / ded. 11.9.1922. // Farm Hamburg am / Reventazón. / 25.6.1922. // Costa Rica, Ebene / von Limon bei Las / Mercedes. // Catamusonia / minor ♀ / det. Beier / Type!”; ZMH 833035 .

Type locality

Costa Rica: plains of Limón, Las Mercedes, Farm Hamburg.

Current status

Synonym of Musoniola fera ( Saussure & Zehntner, 1894) .

Habitus

Syntype male incomplete: head, abdomen and two pairs of legs are missing.Abdomen was already missing in the original description. Syntype female incomplete: two pairs of legs are not completely preserved.

Figures

Fig. 41. Catamusonia minor Beier, 1931, syntype, ♂ (ZMH 833034). a. Labels.b. Dorsal view.c. Ventral view. d. Lateral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.

Fig. 42. Catamusonia minor Beier, 1931, syntype, ♀ (ZMH 833035). a. Labels.b. Dorsal view.c. Ventral view. d. Lateral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.