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 Sphodromantis occidentalis var. inornata Werner, 1923 Fig. 31a–c Mantis gastrica Stål, 1858: 308 . Sphodromantis occidentalis var. inornata Werner, 1923: 123 . Sphodromantis gastrica – Roy 2010: 348–350 (syn.). Type material Holotype ( 1 male ) NAMIBIA • ♂ ( Fig. 31a–c ); “// Sphodromantis / occidentalis Wern. / ♂ v. inornata Wern. / Fr. Werner det. 1922. // Deutsch- / Südwest-Afrika. / H. Rolle / vend. 25.XI.1904 . // Fr. Werner / publ. 1923.”; ZMH 841114 . Type locality German South West Africa [ Namibia ]. Current status Synonym of Sphodromantis gastrica ( Stål, 1858 ) . Habitus Incomplete: not one leg of the last pair is completely preserved.