A synoptic review of the genus Stagmomantis (Mantodea: Mantidae) Author Maxwell, Michael R. text Zootaxa 2014 3765 6 501 525 journal article 46390 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.6.1 a8a990cc-d7bd-4807-a844-8a5bfb5ca6ec 1175-5326 231377 5A8E3EA1-197E-48F5-83DA-8E8327E45B9B Stagmomantis marginata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) Taxonomic history. First described as Mantis marginata by Palisot de Beauvois (1805); assigned to Stagmomantis by Otte and Spearman (2005) and Agudelo et al. (2007). Distribution. Haiti (Otte and Spearman 2005; Agudelo et al. 2007). Species description. Palisot de Beauvois (1805), brief. Features. Uncertainty surrounds the status of this species. It is recognized as a separate species by Otte and Spearman (2005) and Agudelo et al. (2007), but not by Terra (1995) and Ehrmann (2002). Palisot de Beauvois (1805) provides a brief species description, as Mantis marginata . In brown specimens, the forewings are variegated with brown and gray, with a green margin; the anterior femora have a black spot at the base; the pronotum has smooth edges.