Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897

Agudelo, Antonio A. & Rivera, Julio, 2015, Some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in American Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera) — Part I, Zootaxa 3936 (3), pp. 335-356 : 344

Orthoderella Giglio-Tos, 1897

Piza (1962) described Tithrone major on the basis of six males and one female ( Fig. 6 a–b), all with type locality in Piracicaba, São Paulo state, Brazil (all deposited at ESALQ). No holotype was designated; thus, they are all syntypes. At first glance, it resulted obvious that these specimens were attributable to Orthoderella (Photininae) instead to Tithrone (Acanthopidae-Acontistinae) , as originally classified by Piza (1962). Furthermore, a detailed comparative analysis of the external morphology of these individuals, including the male genitalia ( Fig. 6 c–d), allowed their recognition as Orthoderella brasiliensis Roy & Stiewe, 2011 , recently described from southern Brazil ( Roy & Stiewe 2011). Both T. major and O. brasiliensis also exhibit similar distribution. Consequently, the following nomenclatural changes are introduced:

Orthoderella major ( Piza, 1962) , n. comb. Tithrone major Piza, 1962

= Orthoderella brasiliensis Roy & Stiewe, 2011 , n. syn.

Piza (1962) did not select any particular specimen from his type series as the holotype of T. major . Therefore, we here designate as a lectotype one male specimen ( Fig. 6 a) whose label contains the following information: Brasil, São Paulo, Piracicaba; abril-1951 (4/51), I0075.

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FIGURE 6. Tithrone major (now Orthoderella major): a) ♂ lectotype (here designated); b) ♀ paralectotype (here designated); c) phallic complex, hypophallus (ventral view); d) phallic complex, left epiphallus (ventral view) (ESALQ).