Otomantis scutigera Bolivar 1890
- 1. University of Catania, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Biology, Via Androne 81, Catania 95124, Italy. Email: lombafra @ unict. it
- 2. The Natural History Museum, London, Scientific Associate, Department of Entomology, Cromwell Road, SW 7 5 BD, London, UK. Email: m. stiewe @ nhm. ac. uk
Description
Otomantis scutigera Bolívar, 1890
(Figs 2A, G; 3A, G; 4A; 5A; 6A–B, I; 13)
Otomantis scutigera Bolívar, 1890: 305 (original description) Otomantis scutigera Brunn (1901: 227); Kirby (1904: 296); Giglio Tos (1927: 548); Beier (1934: 18); Beier (1942: 117);
Kaltenbach (1996: 307); Kaltenbach (1998: 37); Ehrmann (2002: 250) (partim: Mozambique); Otte & Spearman (2005:
82) Acanthomantis africana Saussure & Zehntner, 1895: 215
Type material. Syntypes 2♂ and 1♀ of O. scutigera from MOZAMBIQUE: Lourenço Marques, Bolivar collection (MNCN).
Other material. SOUTH AFRICA-E: Kwazulu/Maputaland, Natal NE, Ndumo, W border Tembe, Elephant park, 80m, 29.12.2007 – 9.1.2008, 2♂ (leg. Snižek ), Stiewe genitalia prep. Ot.02/03. (coll. Stiewe).
Remarks. In 1890, Bolivar described O. scutigera based on specimens from Mozambique. We were able to examine this type material, which is held in the Bolívar collection (MNCN). The type series consists of three syntypes (two males and one female), of which only one male (inventory number 1552) bears a label with the locality of capture (Lourenço Marques) and a second label, handwritten by Bolívar himself, bears the name of the new species (O. scutigera). There is no information on the other two specimens. The morphological examination of this material shows that both males are conspecific. The female is similar to the males and matches the description and measurements given by the author. Since Bolivar states “Lourenço Marques” as the only place of origin of the new species, we believe that the absence of any information regarding the latter two specimens indicates that they probably come from the same locality. It is not unusual, within historical collections, to find a group of specimens from the same collecting event sharing a single locality label, which is usually carried by only one specimen.
Diagnosis. Vertical process of vertex simple; prozone slender with two flattened tubercles. Phalloid apophysis enlarged, with incised distal margin forming two equal teeth (Figs. 6A, B).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hymenopodidae
- Genus
- Otomantis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Mantodea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Bolivar
- Species
- scutigera
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- syntype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Otomantis scutigera Bolivar, 1890 sec. Lombardo, Stiewe, Ippolito & Marletta, 2014
References
- Brunn, v. M. (1901) Ostafrikanische Orthopteren. Gesammelt von r. Fr. Stuhlmann 1888 u. 1889. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 18 (162), 213 - 283.
- Kirby, W. F. (1904) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. I. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. British Museum, Natural History, London, X + 501 pp.
- Beier, M. (1942) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas, insbesondere des Matengo-Hochlandes. V. Mantodea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 52,117 - 125.
- Kaltenbach, A. P. (1996) Unterlagen fur eine Monographie der Mantodea des sudlichen Africa: 1. Artenbestand, geographische Verbreitung und Ausbreitungszentren (Insecta: Mantodea). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 98, 193 - 346.
- Kaltenbach, A. P. (1998) Unterlagen fur eine Monographie der Mantodea (Insecta) des sudlichen Afrika: 2. Bestimmungstabellen fur die hoheren Taxa, Nachtrage zum Artenbestand. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 100 (B), 19 - 59.
- Ehrmann, R. (2002) Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Munster, 519 pp.
- Otte, D. & Spearman, L. (2005) Mantida Species File. Catalog of the Mantids of the World. Vol. 1. Association of Insect Diversity, Philadelphia, 489 pp.
- Saussure, H. de & Zehntner, L. (1895) Histoire Naturelle des Orthopteres. Famille des Mantides. In: Grandidier, A. (Ed.), Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Histoire Naturelle, 23, pp. 147 - 244, pl. VI - X.