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

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scientific name	Elaea infumata Beier, 1931
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Elaea infumata Beier, 1931 View in CoL

Fig. 16a–c View Fig

Elaea infumata Beier, 1931: 2 View in CoL .

Type material

Holotype (1 male)

KENYA • ♂ ( Fig. 16a–c View Fig ); “// 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 View Materials .

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.

References

Beier M. 1931. Neue und seltene Mantodeen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum Hamburg. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg 45: 1 - 21.

Ehrmann R. 2002. Mantodea. Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Munster.

Erlanger C. F. v. 1904. Bericht uber meine Expedition in Nordost-Afrika in den Jahren 1899 - 1901. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin 1904 (2): 89 - 117.