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Hypsicorypha gracilis Burmeister 1838

Description

Hypsicorypha gracilis (Burmeister, 1838)

Empusa (Idolomorpha) gracilis Burmeister, 1838: 547. Idolomorpha longifrons Saussure, 1870: 224.

Hypsicorypha juliae Krauss, 1892: 166.

Hypsicorypha guichardi La Greca, 1952: 52.

Distribution. North Africa, Canary Islands and western Asia.

Material examined. Egyptian collection (5): Marsa Matrouh 1.V.1957 (M) (ASUC); Suez road 20.VII.1922 (F); Wadi Digla, 23.VIII.1925 (F); Wadi Um Elak, 25.IV.1919 (F); No data, 5.IX.1926 (N) (EESC); International museums (1): (Cat.-Nr.4606) Egypt-C: Oase Bahriyah (28.15N – 28.57E), leg. W. G. Ullrich, 12.V.1995 (M) (SMNK).

Notes

Published as part of Mohammad, Salwa Kamal, Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad, El-Hamouly, Hayam, Ehrmann, Reinhard & Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den, 2011, Mantodea of Egypt, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 3044 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278837

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References

  • Burmeister, H. C. (1838) Handbuch der Entomologie. Fangschrecken, Mantodea. Handbuch der Entomologie, 2, 397 - 756.
  • Saussure, H. (1870) Additions au systeme des Mantides. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 3 (5), 221 - 244.
  • Krauss, H. A. (1892) Systematisches Verzeichnis der canarischen Dermapteren und Orthopteren mit Diagnosen der neuen Gattungen und Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 15, 163 - 171.
  • La Greca, M. (1952) Specie nuove e note critiche su Mantodei dell'Africa Orientale. Annuario dell'Istituto e Museo di Zoologia dell'Universita di Napoli, 4 (1), 1 - 54.