Catalogue of Dictyoptera from Syria and neighbouring countries (Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan) Author Caesar, Maram Author Roy, Roger Author Legendre, Frederic Author Grandcolas, Philippe Author Pellens, Roseli text Zootaxa 2015 3948 1 71 92 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.5 bcbb25d8-e14a-4386-9695-1f155d5062f6 1175-5326 288372 7BC94949-F2CE-4DA7-AA27-76CEF9047B5F Family: Empusidae Blepharopsis mendica ( Fabricius, 1775 ) Mantis mendica Fabricius, 1775 : 275 . Empusa mendica : Blanchard, 1840 : 10 . Blepharis mendica : Saussure, 1871a : 181 ; Westwood, 1889 : 26 ; Bolívar, 1893 : 8 ; Kirby, 1894 : 138 . Blepharopsis mendica : Kirby, 1904 : 315 ; Çiplak & Demirsoy, 1997 : 105 ; Ehrmann, 2002 : 79 ; 2011: 7; Battiston et al ., 2010 : 87 . Blepharis monstrosa : Krauss, 1909 : 112 . Blepharopsis mendica mendica Giglio-Tos, 1927 : 645 ; Otte & Spearman, 2005 : 43 . Geographical records: Lebanon , Turkey , Jordan , Syria . General distribution: from Morocco to Syria . Type series: 2males , 3females , 1female juv. ZMHB . Type locality: Egypt : Alexandria. Empusa fasciata Brullé, 1832 Empusa fasciata Brullé, 1832 : 83 ; Bolívar, 1893 : 7 ; Giglio-Tos, 1927 : 637 ; Çiplak & Demirsoy, 1997 : 106 ; Ehrmann, 2002 : 126 ; 2011: 10; Eid et al ., 2009 : 23 ; Otte & Spearman, 2005 : 46 ; Battiston et al ., 2010 : 96 . Geographical records: Turkey , Jordan , Syria . General distribution: from Greece and Algeria to India . Type series: lost. Empusa longicollis Ramme, 1951 Empusa longicollis Ramme, 1951 : 134 –135; Roy, 2004 : 9 ; Battiston et al ., 2010 : 98 . Geographical records: Turkey . General distribution: Turkey . Type series: Holotype female ZMHB , Allotype male ZMHB . Type locality: Turkey : Anatolia . Empusa pennicornis pennicornis ( Pallas, 1773 ) Mantis pennicornis Pallas, 1773 : 728 ; Linnaeus, in Gmelin, 1790: 2055; Olivier, 1792 : 635 , Otte & Spearman, 2005 : 50 . Empusa pennicornis Giglio-Tos, 1927 : 639 ; Çiplak & Demirsoy, 1997 : 107 . Empusa orientalis Burmeister, 1838 : 546 –547. Empusa attenuata Ramme, 1951 : 135 –136. Empusa pennicornis pennicornis Ehrmann, 2002 : 128 ; 2011: 12; Battiston et al ., 2010 : 99 . Geographical records: Syria , Turkey . General distribution: from Ukraine to China . Type series: Syntype male ZMHB , (Synonym: ( E.a .) Syntype male, female ZMHB , Paratype 4 males - 2 females ZMHB ). Type locality: Syria : Caspium, ( Paratype : Anatolia : Gebirge bei Malatia=Messina, Type : Aserbadsha=Bregli). Empusa uvarovi Chopard, 1921 Empusa uvarovi Chopard, 1921 : 52 –53; Ehrmann, 2002 : 130 ; Otte & Spearman, 2005 : 52 ; Battiston et al ., 2010 : 100 . Geographical records: Iraq . General distribution: Iraq , India . Type series: Syntype male, female NHM . Type locality: Iraq : Mesopotamia Amara, Alhagi.