The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA

Abstract

The collection of Mantodea of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, includes 26 holotypes, 7 allotypes, 4 lectotypes, 23 paratypes, and 1 paralectotype. Four type specimens were designated as lectotypes within this work. Highly accurate measurement data, high resolution images of specimens and labels, verbatim label data, georeferenced coordinates, original and newly assigned database codes, and bibliographic data are presented for all primary types. Label data for all paratype specimens in the collection are provide in tabular form. The location of the USNM collection has been moved to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History as a loan under the Off-site Enhancement Program.

A new species of the genus Arria Stål, 1877 (Mantodea, Haaniidae) from China with notes on the tribe Arriini Giglio-Tos, 1919

“…In Tinkham (1937) , the foretibial consists of 13 anteroventral spines in males and 11 in females. But according to Svenson (2014) , the anteroventral spines of the foretibia is R9/L8 in the male and 8 in the female. It falls into the range described for other species of Arria .…”

“… Sinomiopteryx grahami Tinkham, 1937: 495; Wang and Bi 1991 : 126; Wang 1993 : 112; Ehrmann 2002 : 319; Svenson 2014 : 70. …”