Some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in American Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera) — Part I Author Agudelo, Antonio A. Author Rivera, Julio text Zootaxa 2015 3936 3 335 356 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.2 a4827e36-2f9e-4ef5-bc4d-78a5d9c84036 1175-5326 239047 D91E40F5-C602-4EAF-A4B1-86593A33BDA2 Coptopteryx Saussure, 1869 Piza (1973) described Coptopteryx gigliotosi Piza, 1973 from Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil . The type series includes the holotype and one paratype , both males (deposited at ESALQ). However, Piza (1973) ignored the fact that Werner (1925) had already created the name Coptopteryx gigliotosi Werner, 1925 for a species from northern Argentina . Jantsch & Corseuil (1988) detected this case of homonymy and proposed Coptopteryx ermannoi Jantsch & Corseuil, 1988 as a new replacement name for its primary homonym Coptopteryx gigliotosi Piza, 1973 (non Werner, 1925). According to the ICZN Article 72.7, name-bearing types of nominal species-group taxa denoted by new replacement names ( nomina nova ) not only are objective synonyms but also share the same name-bearing type . Therefore, the original type specimen of Coptopteryx gigliotosi Piza, 1973 is the same for Coptopteryx ermannoi Jantsch & Corseuil, 1988 . We had the opportunity of studying this type specimen; its strong resemblance to Coptopteryx argentina ( Burmeister, 1838 ) prompted us to perform comparative analyses of their male genitalia ( Fig. 5 a–d). Accordingly, we contrasted this structure to that of a syntype of C. argentina and found no relevant differences that justify the validity of C. ermannoi , and thus we concluded that both names apply to the same species. Similarly, the analysis of the holotype of yet another species, Paraphotina precaria Piza1966 ( Fig. 5 e), which Terra (1995) subsequently transferred to Coptopteryx , revealed it to be also conspecific to C. argentina . Accordingly, we establish this additional new synonymy. The updated list of synonyms for C. argentina is as follows: Coptopteryx argentina ( Burmeister, 1838 ) Mantis argentina Burmeister, 1838 = Coptopteryx affinis Giglio-Tos, 1915 = Coptopteryx gigliotosi Piza, 1960 ( non Werner, 1925) n . syn . = Paraphotina precaria Piza, 1966 n. syn. = Coptopteryx ermannoi Jantsch & Corseuil, 1988 n . syn . FIGURE 5 . Syntype ♂of Mantis argentina (now Coptopteryx argentina ) (ZMB): a) left epiphallus (dorsal view); b) hypophallus (dorsal view). Holotype ♂ of Coptopteryx gigliotosi Piza, 1973 (non Werner, 1925) (ESALQ): c) left epiphallus (dorsal view); d) hypophallus (dorsal view, partially broken). Holotype ♀ of Paraphotina precaria (now Coptopteryx argentina ) (ESALQ): e) specimen from Brazil, PR, Curitiba (dorsal habitus) and labels. Holotype ♀ of Brachypteromantis bonariensis (now Coptopteryx gayi ) (ESALQ): f) specimen from Argentina , Buenos Aires (dorsal habitus) and labels. We also examined the female types of Brachypteromantis bonariensis Piza, 1960 ( Fig. 5 f) described from Buenos Aires ( Argentina ), which Terra (1995) transferred to Coptopteryx . We not only confirm the placement of this species within Coptopteryx , as Terra correctly suggested, but also identified it as conspecific with Coptopteryx gayi (Blanchard, 1851) . Consequently, we recognized the following new synonym: Coptopteryx gayi Blanchard, 1851 Mantis gayi Blanchard, 1851 = Mantis crenaticollis Blanchard, 1851 = Mantis grisea Philippi, 1863 = Coptopteryx rehni Giglio-Tos, 1915 = Coptopteryx minuta Giglio-Tos, 1915 = Brachypteromantis bonariensis Piza, 1960 n. syn .