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 montana montana Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 Stagmomantis montana sinaloae Rehn 1935 Taxonomic history. Stagmomantis montana was first described by Saussure and Zehntner (1894). Rehn (1935a) recognized two subspecies: S. montana montana and S. montana sinaloae . There are at least seven synonyms for S. montana montana , including Stagomantis androgyna (given in Saussure and Zehntner 1894), Stagmatoptera typhon (given in Rehn 1904a), Auromantis (Stagmomantis) montana (given in Giglio-Tos 1917), Auromantis androgyna (given in Giglio-Tos 1917), Auromantis cinctipes (given in Giglio-Tos 1917). Distribution. S. montana montana is the more widespread subspecies, occurring from USA and northern Mexico southward to Costa Rica (Ehrmann 2002; Agudelo et al. 2007). S. montana sinaloae appears to be mainly confined to the Mexican state of Sinaloa (Rehn 1935a; Ehrmann 2002). Species description. Saussure and Zehntner (1894), Giglio-Tos (1927), as Auromantis ; Rehn (1935a); Rehn (1935b), brief. Features. Male features: forewings are hyaline, with a green opaque marginal strip; marginal strip is distinctly wider at the base, describing a concave line; hindwings are colorless (Giglio-Tos 1927; Rehn 1935b). Female features: forewings have broad marginal field; forewings are broadly rounded at apex; hindwings are tessellated with yellow spots; stigma is white; anterior coxa is distinctly dentate (Saussure and Zehntner 1894; Rehn 1935b). S. m. sinaloae is somewhat shorter than S. m. montana (Rehn 1935a) , as indicated by biometric data (Table 2). In males, S. m. sinaloae differs from S. m. montana by having more slender forelegs, and having a narrower forewing marginal strip that does not describe a concave line (Rehn 1935a).