Parasphendale arabukosokokei Borer & Ehrmann, 2022

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 : 53-55

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.964.2693
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:87979983-0983-45CB-ABE5-26FFF91B12B4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008729
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A81671-863E-DE4E-C8EB-FE0EFE14F5ED
treatment provided by	Plazi (2024-10-25 13:16:44, last updated 2024-11-24 23:19:39)
scientific name	Parasphendale arabukosokokei Borer & Ehrmann, 2022
status

Treatment

Parasphendale arabukosokokei Borer & Ehrmann, 2022 View in CoL

Figs 33d–f View Fig , 34a–c View Fig

Parasphendale arabukosokokei Borer & Ehrmann, 2022: 3–7 View in CoL , 19.

Type material

Paratypes (1 female, 1 male)

KENYA • 1♀ ( Fig.33d–f View Fig ); “//Kenya/ CeNak – MANTODEA / 17. ♀PT/ Parasphendale / arabukosokokei // Parasphendale arabukosokokei / BORER & EHRMANN, 2022 / PARATYPE ♀ / Hamburg (ZMH) (#-17) // Kenya-SE: part of Arabuko Sokoke Forest / vic. Malindi, (03.42125°S – 039.89815°E), / (site 06), leg. S. MATERNA & T. SCHULZE, / 05.–17.VIII.2012 (captive bred) / ex ovo REINHARD EHRMANN 2018–2019 ♀ ”; ZMH 841096 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♂ ( Fig. 34a–c View Fig ); “// Kenya / CeNak – MANTODEA / 16. ♂ PT / Parasphendale / arabukosokokei // Parasphendale arabukosokokei / BORER & EHRMANN, 2022 / PARATYPE ♂ / Hamburg (ZMH) (#-16) // Kenya-SE: part of Arabuko Sokoke Forest / vic. Malindi, (03.42125°S – 039.89815°E), / (site 06), leg. S. MATERNA & T. SCHULZE, / 05.–17. VIII.2012 (captive bred) / ex ovo WOLFG. HICKLER. 20.XI.2016 ♂”; ZMH 841106 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Type locality

SE Kenya: Arabuko-Sokoke-Forest, N Kilifi Creek, Jilore (3.18° S, 39.90° E).

Current status

Valid species.

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.

Borer M. & Ehrmann R. 2022. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Parasphendale Schulthess-Schindler, 1898 (Mantodea: Miomantidae) with description of a new species from East Africa. Faunitaxys 10 (34): 1 - 29. https: // doi. org / 10.57800 / faunitaxys- 10 (34)

Roy R. 2005. Revision du genre endemique malgache Tisma Giglio-Tos (Dictyoptera Mantidae). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France 110 (1): 47 - 57. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 2005.16188

Figures

Fig. 33. a–c. Tisma pauliani Roy, 2005, paratype, ♀ (ZMH 841089). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Parasphendale arabukosokokei Borer & Ehrmann, 2022, paratype, ♀ (ZMH 841096). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.

Fig. 34. a–c. Parasphendale arabukosokokei Borer & Ehrmann, 2022, paratype, ♂ (ZMH 841106). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view. d–f. Hapalomantis abyssinica Beier, 1931, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841070). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.