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 Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869 Fig. 2f–h Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869: 64 . Ligentella benguelae – Kaltenbach 1996: 257–259 . Type material Holotype ( 1 female ) ANGOLA • ♀ ( Fig. 2f–h ); “// Holotype // O 277 ♀ / Benguela // Z. M. H. / Hamburg // Benguelae / Sss. // Parentella ♀ / benguelae Sauss. / det. Beier ”; ZMH 833033 . Type locality West Africa, Benguela [ Angola ]. Current status Valid species. Habitus Incomplete: last pair of legs is missing. Fig. 2. a–e . Amorphoscelis austrogermanica Werner, 1923 , holotype, ♂ (ZMH 841075). a . Labels. b . Dorsal view. c . Ventral view. d–e . Genitalia. f–h . Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869 , holotype, ♀ (ZMH 833033). f . Labels. g . Dorsal view. h . Ventral view. White scale bars = 10 mm; black scale bar = 0.50 mm. Remarks In the original publication Saussure quotes “Africa occidentalis” [West Africa] as type locality. However in a later publication ( Saussure 1871 ), he gives a more detailed description of this type specimen and quotes Benguela as more specific type locality.