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Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister 1838
- 1. Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany
- 2. Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität M ̧ nster, H ̧ fferstrasse 1, 48149 M ̧ nster, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9342 - 0172
- 3. Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany & Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocentre, University of W ̧ rzburg, Am Hubland, D- 97074 W ̧ rzburg, Germany https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2066 - 3202 * Corresponding author. ChristianSchw @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5575 - 9300 & Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, ND 1 / 31, D- 44780 Bochum, Germany
Description
Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838
Figs. 112–115
Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838: 549.
= Phyllocrania insignis Westwood, 1843: 51, pl. 62, Fig. 1.
= Phyllocrania illudens Saussure & Zehntner, 1895: 221−222, pl. 10, Fig. 39.
Type localities. (P. p.) Cape region, RSA; (P. in.) Sierra Leone; (P. ill.) Imérina, Madagascar.
Distribution. Africa south of the Sahara, Madagascar (Roy 1963, 1987 a, 2018).
Records. CSC: ♁ ♀, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.
Remarks. The shape of the vertex process and of the pronotal and leg lobes varies considerably across the extensive range of the species, contrasting with low intraspecific variability observed in the male genitalia (Roy 1963; pers. obs.).
Notes
Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hymenopodidae
- Genus
- Phyllocrania
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Mantodea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Burmeister
- Species
- paradoxa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 sec. Schwarz, Pohl & Frank, 2023
References
- Burmeister, H. (1838) Fangheuschrecken. Mantodea. In: Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha. Erste Haflte. Vulgo Orthoptera. Enslin, Berlin, pp. 517 - 552.
- Westwood, J. O. (1843) II Arcana Entomologica; or Illustrations of New, Rare, and Interesting Insects. Vol. II. William Smith, London, 192 pp., 47 pls.
- Saussure, H. D. & Zehntner, L. (1895) Histoire naturelle des Blattides et Mantides. In: Grandidier, A. (Ed.), Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Vol. XXIII. Histoire naturelle des Orthopteres. L'Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 244 pp., 7 pls.
- Roy, R. (1963) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. V. Dictyoptera Mantodea (2 e note). Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, 66, 163 - 206, 2 pls.
- Roy, R. (1987 a) Le peuplement en Mantes des iles situees au large de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Societe zoologique de France, 112, 117 - 125.
- Ouattara, A. (2018) Redefinition des limites du Parc national de la Comoe. Journal Officiel de la Republique de Cote d'Ivoire, Decret n ° 2018 - 497.