Amorphoscelis austrogermanica 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 : 4

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scientific name	Amorphoscelis austrogermanica Werner, 1923
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Amorphoscelis austrogermanica Werner, 1923 View in CoL

Fig. 2a–e View Fig

Amorphoscelis austrogermanica Werner, 1923: 108–109 View in CoL .

Type material

Holotype (1 male) NAMIBIA • ♂ ( Fig. 2a–e View Fig ); “// Holotype // genitalia / R. Roy / 3175 // Z. M. H. / Hamburg // Farm Neitsas / Bez. Grootfontain / D. S. W. Afrika / Dr. med. G. Fock lg. 07. / ded. 20.11.1908. // Amorphoscelis / austrogermanica / Type ♂ Wern. / Fr. Werner det. 1922. // Fr. Werner / publ. 1923.”; ZMH 841075 .

Type locality

Farm Neitsas in the area of Grootfontein [ Namibia].

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Incomplete: last pair of legs is missing. Genitalia preparation is present.

References

Werner F. 1923. Mantodea und Phasmodea. In: Michaelsen W. (ed.) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Land- und Susswasserfauna Deutsch-Sudwestafrikas. Ergebnisse der Hamburger deutsch-sudwestafrikanischen Studienreise 1911. Band II, Lieferung 2: 105 - 132. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg.

Figures

Fig. 2. a–e. Amorphoscelis austrogermanica Werner, 1923, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841075). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–e. Genitalia. f–h. Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869, holotype, ♀ (ZMH 833033). f. Labels. g. Dorsal view. h. Ventral view. White scale bars = 10 mm; black scale bar = 0.50 mm.