Musonia sexdentata Beier, 1942

Rivera, Julio & Vergara-Cobián, Clorinda, 2017, A checklist of the praying mantises of Peru: new records, one new genus (Piscomantis gen. n.) and biogeographic remarks (Insecta, Mantodea), Zootaxa 4337 (3), pp. 361-389 : 364

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89E1CC86-BF39-42AB-89F5-3C24473AA320

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6045340

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E687DB-FFE3-F951-FF3C-F8D9FE862D5B

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scientific name

Musonia sexdentata Beier, 1942
status

 

7. Musonia sexdentata Beier, 1942 View in CoL [LO]

Type locality. Beier (1942): Sarayaco , presumably in Loreto ( Peru).

Examined material. None.

Remarks. This species is unlikely to belong to Musonia . According to its original description ( Beier, 1942), M. sexdentata has a pronotum with a metazona that is almost three times as long as the prozona, and foretibiae only slightly more than one-third as long as the forefemora, the former with 6 posteroventral and 8 anteroventral spines. Overall, sexdentata has a more stick-like habitus. These and other character states suggest instead a closer relationship to Pseudomusonia . More in-depth studies are necessary to determine the generic placement of sexdentata .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Mantodea

Family

Thespidae

SubFamily

Thespinae

Genus

Musonia

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