Metriomantis gracilicollis 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 : 57-59

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scientific name	Metriomantis gracilicollis Beier, 1931
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Treatment

Figs 36d–f View Fig , 37 View Fig

Hicetia goeldiana Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: 152–153 View in CoL .

Metriomantis gracilicollis Beier, 1931: 15–16 .

Hicetia goeldiana View in CoL – Rivera & Svenson 2020: 106 (syn.).

Type material

Syntypes (1 female, 2 males)

BRAZIL • 1 ♀ ( Fig. 36d–f View Fig ); “// Type // Brasilien / Bosque da Saude / S. Paulo 23.11.26 / Eing. 1928 N° 11 // Z. M. H. / Hamburg // Metriomantis / gracilicollis / det. [crossed out] Beier / Type! ♀”; ZMH 841111 View Materials • 1 ♂ ( Fig. 37a–c View Fig ); “// Brasilien / Bosque da Saude / S. Paulo 23.11.26 / Eing. 1928 N° 11 // Metriomantis / gracilicollis / det. [crossed out] Beier / Type! ♂”; ZMH 841112 View Materials • 1 ♂ ( Fig. 37d– f View Fig ); “// Z. M. H. / Hamburg // Brasilien / Alto da Serra / S. Paulo 14.XI.1926 / Eing. 1928 N° 11 // Metriomantis / gracilicollis ♂ / det. [crossed out] Beier / Paratype.”; ZMH 841113 View Materials .

Type locality

Brazil: Bosque da Saúde, São Paulo.

Current status

Synonym of Hicetia goeldiana Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 .

Habitus

Complete.

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.

Rivera J. & Svenson G. J. 2020. The Neotropical Polymorphic Earless Praying Mantises: A Taxonomic Review of the Genera and Checklist of Species. Entomological Society of America, Annapolis. https: // doi. org / 10.4182 / QQHU 9127

Saussure H. de & Zehntner L. 1894. Mantidae. In: Godman F. D. & Salvin O. (eds) Biologia Centrali- Americana. Insecta, Orthoptera. Vol. 1: 123 - 197. R. H. Porter, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 730

Figures

Fig. 36. a–c. Cardioptera viridipennis Beier, 1931, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841117). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Metriomantis gracilicollis Beier, 1931, syntype, ♀ (ZMH 841111). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.

Fig. 37. Metriomantis gracilicollis Beier, 1931. a–c. Syntype, ♂ (ZMH 841112). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Syntype, ♂ (ZMH 841113). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.