An annotated type catalogue of praying mantises (Mantodea) in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH) Author Nguyen, Eileen 859F809A-9B11-4AC1-B1C6-23A62F6772BA Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Museum der Natur, Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. e.nguyen@leibniz-lib.de Author Husemann, Martin D31A05CA-DCD8-4CFB-A9D0-E9F070EC4707 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany. martin.husemann@smnk.de Author Ehrmann, Reinhard EA546FE5-AE6E-414C-B868-876545B7D60B 76228 Karlsruhe, Germany. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-10-21 964 1 79 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2693/12441 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2024.964.2693 2118-9773 13992120 87979983-0983-45CB-ABE5-26FFF91B12B4 Palaeophotina schneideri Werner, 1923 Fig. 4d–f Fischeria saussurii Stål, 1876: 53 . Palaeophotina schneideri Werner, 1923: 120–122 . Carvilia saussurii – Kaltenbach 1996: 305 (syn.). Type material Holotype ( 1 male ) NAMIBIA • ♂ ( Fig. 4d–f ); “// Holotype // D.-Sw.-Afrika / Farm Okosongomingo / am kleinen Waterberg // Hans Thomsen / leg. VII–VIII.1912 / ded. 26.IX.1913 . // Carvilia / saussurii Stål, 1876 / det. Kaltenbach 1995 // Palaeophot . / schneideri / ♂ Type. Wern. / (Auf Wunsch / von Michaelsen / umgetauft) // Z. M. H. / Hamburg // Paläophotina / okosongomingensis / Type ♂ Wern / Fr. Werner det. 1922.”; ZMH 841120 . Type locality Farm Okosongomingo at Klein-Waterberg [ Namibia ]. Fig. 4. a–c . Ommatentella brunni Werner, 1923 , holotype, ♂ (ZMH 831015). a . Labels. b . Dorsal view. c . Ventral view. d–f . Palaeophotina schneideri Werner, 1923 , holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841120). d . Labels. e . Dorsal view. f . Ventral view. Scale bars = 10 mm. Current status Synonym of Carvilia saussurii ( Stål, 1876 ) . Habitus Incomplete: abdominal apex is missing and not one leg is completely preserved. Abdominal apex was already missing in the original description.