Compsothespis michaelseni 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 : 68-70

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scientific name	Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923
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Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923 View in CoL

Fig. 45a–c View Fig

Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923: 109 View in CoL .

Type material

Holotype (1 female)

NAMIBIA • ♀ ( Fig. 45a–c View Fig ); “// Hamb. dtsch-s.w. / afr. Studienr. 1911 / Neudamm / (42 km ONO Windhuk) / W. Michelsen / leg. 10.–15. V. 1911. / ded. // Zoolog. Mus. Hamburg / Compsothespis ♀ / michaelseni Wern. Type / Fr. Werner det. 1922. // Fr. Werner publ. 1923. / W. Michaelsen ded. 15.III.1923.”; ZMH 831013 View Materials .

Type locality

Farm Neudamm, 42 km E/ NE of Windhoek [ Namibia].

Current status

Valid species.

Habitus

Complete.

Remarks

In the original publication “ May 1905 ” is stated as collection date for this specimen. This might be a mistake from Werner as other specimens from the same collector and location were all collected in 1911, which matches the data from the original label.

References

Roy R. & Stiewe M. B. D. 2016. Revision du genre afrotropical Calamothespis Werner 1907 (Mantodea: Toxoderinae). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (N. S.) 52 (1): 26 - 48. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00379271.2016.1190668

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. 45. a–c. Compsothespis michaelseni Werner, 1923, holoype, ♀ (ZMH 831013). a. Labels. b. Dorsal view. c. Ventral view.d–f. Heterochaeta occidentalis Beier, 1963, holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841098). d. Labels. e. Dorsal view. f. Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm.