The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA
Author
Svenson, Gavin J.
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.433.7054
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.433.7054
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Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Liturgusidae
Liturgusa dominica Svenson, 2014
Liturgusa dominica
:
Svenson 2014
: 110.
Types.
Holotype Male (Fig. 7
C-F
; USNM ENT 00873995). Allotype Female (Fig. 8
A-C
; USNM ENT 00873996). 6 Paratypes (USNM ENT 00873019-24).
Figure 8. Types (scale bars = 1 cm).
Liturgusa dominica
Svenson, 2014 allotype female (USNM ENT 00873996): A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C labels.
Liturgusa manausensis
Svenson, 2014 holotype male (USNM ENT 00873997): D dorsal habitus E ventral habitus F labels.
Holotype
labels.
DOMINICA - Grand Bay - IV-13-1964 - O.S. Flint, Jr. / Bredin-Archibold- - Smithsonian - Bio. Surv. Dominica / USNM Liturgusa 36 / Liturgusa dominica - Holotype Male USNM - Svenson, 2014.
Allotype labels.
DOMINICA - Grand Bay - IV-13-1964 - O.S. Flint, Jr. / Bredin-Archibold- - Smithsonian - Bio. Surv. Dominica / USNM Liturgusa 34 / Liturgusa dominica - Allotype Female USNM - Svenson, 2014.
| 15.239545, -61.320099 |
| 15.239545, -61.320099 |
| 15.239545, -61.320099 |
| 15.239545, -61.320099 |
| 15.239545, -61.320099 |
| 15.239545, -61.320099 |
Measurements
.
Holotype male. Body length 21.18; forewing length 10.74; hindwing length 8.12; pronotum length 6.91; prozone length 2.02; pronotum width 2.01; pronotum narrow width 1.33; head width 4.36; head vertex to clypeus 1.55; frons width 1.51; frons height 0.60; prothoracic femur length 6.02; mesothoracic femur length 8.42; mesothoracic tibia length 6.21; mesothoracic tarsus length 5.83; metathoracic femur length 8.62; metathoracic tibia length 8.70; metathoracic tarsus length 8.57; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R15/L15; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R10/L10; posteroventral tibial spine count R6/L7.
Allotype female. Body length 27.47; forewing length 12.52; hindwing length 9.29; pronotum length 9.04; prozone length 2.66; pronotum width 2.65; pronotum narrow width 1.72; head width 5.22; frons width 2.10; frons height 0.63; prothoracic femur length 7.69; mesothoracic femur length 9.92; mesothoracic tibia length 7.69; mesothoracic tarsus length 6.78; metathoracic femur length 10.01; metathoracic tibia length 10.57; metathoracic tarsus length 9.77; discoidal femoral spines R4/L4; anteroventral femoral spine count R14/L14; posteroventral femoral spine count R4/L4; anteroventral tibial spine count R10/L10; posteroventral tibial spine count R7/L7.