Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894

Schwarz, Christian J., Ehrmann, Reinhard, Stiewe, Martin B. D., Mörtter, Rolf & Falkenberg, Michael, 2020, Mantodea of Panguana (Insecta: Dictyoptera), Zootaxa 4824 (1), pp. 1-66 : 22

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scientific name	Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
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Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 View in CoL

( Figs. 43–44 View FIGURES 43–46 , 134 View FIGURES 130–135 )

Liturgousa cayennensis [var.] maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: 160 .

= Liturgusa charpentieri Giglio-Tos, 1927: 294 View in CoL .

Type locality. Temax, N Yucatan, Mexico ( Svenson 2014) .

Records. NMB: ♂, 260 m, 09.IV.2003, leg. T. Kothe (QR-NMB-Mant 0259, ex. ZSM, Fig. 43 View FIGURES 43–46 ) . SMNK: ♀, 260 m, 04.VIII.1983, leg. M. Verhaagh (SMNK-Mant 04966); ♂, 230 m, lux, 22.IX.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (SMNK-Mant 12785) . ZSM: 2 ♀♀, 230 m, 22.IX.–11.X.2017, leg. F. Glaw ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 43–46 ); ♀, 260 m, 23.XI.–11.XII.2008, leg. K. Schönitzer, F. Glaw & F. Wachtel; ♂, 260 m, malaise trap, 18.IX.–02.X.2005, leg. E. Diller, E.-G. Burmeister & T. Kothe (genitalia preparation Stiewe No. L. 01) .

Distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Remarks. One of the most widespread Liturgusa species, it is very common in Panguana, representing the small liturgusid ecotype.

References

Giglio-Tos, E. (1927) Das Tierreich. 50. Lfg. - Orthoptera Mantidae. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin & Leipzig, XL + 707 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1515 / 9783111430669

Saussure, H. de & Zehntner, L. (1894) Fam. Mantidae. In: Saussure, H. de, Zehntner, L., Pictet, A. & Bormans, A. de (1894 - 1899), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Orthoptera Vol. I. Societas Entomologica, 1, 123 - 197, 5 pls.

Svenson, G. J. (2014) Revision of the Neotropical bark mantis genus Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, Liturgusini). Zookeys, 390, 1 - 214. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 390.6661

Figures

FIGURES 43–46. Genus Liturgusa. 43. Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894, male in dorsal view. 44. L. maya, female in dorsal view. 45. L. lichenalis Gerstaecker, 1889, female in dorsal view. 46. L. neblina Svenson, 2014, female in dorsal view. Scale bar: 10 mm.

FIGURES 130–135. Life aspects of praying mantids at Panguana. 130. Macromusonia conspersa, male. 131. Macromusonia conspersa, female. 132. Macromusonia major, subadult male. 133. Macromusonia major, female. 134. Liturgusa maya, female. 135. Liturgusa nubeculosa, subadult. Photos © Dieter Schulten.