Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923

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 : 68-70

Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923

Fig. 45a–c

Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923: 109 .

Type material

Holotype (1 female)

NAMIBIA • ♀ ( Fig. 45a–c ); “// Hamb. dtsch-s.w. / afr. Studienr. 1911 / Neudamm / (42 km ONO Windhuk) / W. Michelsen / leg. 10.–15. V. 1911. / ded. // Zoolog. Mus. Hamburg / Compsothespis ♀ / michaelseni Wern. Type / Fr. Werner det. 1922. // Fr. Werner publ. 1923. / W. Michaelsen ded. 15.III.1923.”; ZMH 831013 .

Type locality

Farm Neudamm, 42 km E/ NE of Windhoek [ Namibia].

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Complete.

Remarks

In the original publication “ May 1905 ” is stated as collection date for this specimen. This might be a mistake from Werner as other specimens from the same collector and location were all collected in 1911, which matches the data from the original label.

Figures

Fig. 45. a–c. Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923, holoype, ♀ (ZMH 831013). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view.d–f. Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841098). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.