Published February 13, 2023
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Paraoxypilus insularis
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Description
Paraoxypilus insularis (Tindale, 1923)
The type female of this species has small but distinct tegmina; this was apparently overlooked by Tindale as he makes no mention of it in his description. No known Paraoxypilus females are winged, and combined with the more slender abdomen, relatively unarmed forecoxae, and less dilated forefemora, this species is much better placed in Phthersigena. As the name is preoccupied by Phthersigena insularis Beier, 1965, however, it is for now retained in Paraoxypilus until both genera receive more detailed study.
Notes
Published as part of Connors, Matthew G., 2023, Studies in Australian Mantodea: New synonyms, notes on distributions, and an updated checklist, pp. 477-499 in Zootaxa 5239 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7635154
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Amorphoscelidae
- Genus
- Paraoxypilus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Mantodea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Tindale
- Species
- insularis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Paraoxypilus insularis (Tindale, 1923) sec. Connors, 2023
References
- Tindale, N. B. (1923) Review of Australian Mantidae. Records of the South Australian Museum, 2, 425 - 457.
- Beier, M. (1965) Uber einige Mantiden von der Insel Prince of Wales. Pacific Insects, 7 (3), 449 - 452.