Miobantia Giglio-Tos, 1917

Agudelo, Antonio A. & Rivera, Julio, 2015, Some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in American Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera) — Part I, Zootaxa 3936 (3), pp. 335-356 : 339-340

Miobantia Giglio-Tos, 1917

Terra (1995) considered Metathespis precaria Piza (1968a) as a synonym of Chloromiopteryx thalassina . Examination of the type specimen of M. precaria (deposited at ESALQ) ( Fig. 2 f, g, i) reveals that it is referable to the genus Miobantia . Furthermore, comparison of the type’s genitalia with those of other Miobantia species confirms that M. precaria is a junior synonym of Miobantia rustica (Fabricius, 1781) (cf. our Fig. 2 f and Fig. 22 in Scherrer 2014). Accordingly, Metathespis precaria is removed from synonymy with Chloromiopteryx thalassina and placed in synonymy with Miobantia rustica .

An updated list of synonyms for M. rustica follows:

Miobantia rustica (Fabr., 1781) Mantis rustica Fabr., 1781

= Miopteryx perloides Saussure, 1869 = Miopteryx nebulosa Giglio-Tos, 1915 = Metathespis precaria Piza, 1968 n. syn.

Scherrer (2014) provided a detailed revision of Miobantia .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Chloromiopteryx spp. (non-typical specimens): a) C. thalassina, ♂ from Santa Catarina, Brazil (AMNH), frontal view of interocular section of the head (notice the distinctive shape of the vertex). Chloromiopteryx mirim ♀ from Sao Paulo, Brazil (MNHN): b) same view as in previous figure; c) dorsal view of pronotum and head (notice the relatively elongated prozone, a characteristic feature of this genus). Holotype ♂ of Metathespis modesta Piza, 1968 (now Chloromiopteryx modesta) (ESALQ): d) dorsal habitus; e) labels. Holotype ♂ of Metathespis precaria Piza, 1968 (now Miobantia rustica) (ESALQ): f) dorsal habitus; g) close-up of the pronotum (dorsal view); h) labels; i) left epiphallus / hypophallus complex (dorsal view). All scales = 1 mm.