Elaea infumata 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 : 25

Elaea infumata Beier, 1931

Fig. 16a–c

Elaea infumata Beier, 1931: 2 .

Type material

Holotype (1 male)

KENYA • ♂ ( Fig. 16a–c ); “// Type // Forschungsreise / C. v. Erlanger / Nord-Ost-Afrika. // Brit. Ost-Afrika / Wante / 17.5.1901. // Eing. Nr. 127.1928. // Elaea ♂ / infumata Beier / det. Beier / Type! ♂ ”; ZMH 841072 .

Type locality

Wante, British East Africa [ Kenya].

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Incomplete: not one leg of the last pair is completely preserved.

Remarks

The type locality given by Ehrmann (2002) is not correct. The expedition report from the collector Erlanger ( Erlanger 1904) clearly shows that his group was traveling to El-Uak [El-Wak, Kenya] after crossing the rivers Danale and Daua [Dawa] at the end of April 1901. From El-Uak they traveled westwards to Bardera [Bardere, Somalia]. Therefore, we assume that the type locality refers to Wante next to El-Wak in Kenya which is located next to the border with Somalia.

Figures

Fig. 16. a–c. Elaea infumata Beier, 1931, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841072). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Hoplocorypha brevicollis Beier, 1931, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 833036). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.