Gonatista major Caudell, 1912

Svenson, Gavin J., 2014, The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA, ZooKeys 433, pp. 31-75 : 43-45

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Liturgusidae

Gonatista major Caudell, 1912

Gonatista major : Caudell 1912: 161-162; Giglio-Tos 1927: 290; Beier 1935: 10; La Greca 1940: 306; Terra 1995: 56; Ehrmann 2002: 157; Lombardo and Perez-Gelabert 2004: 35; Otte and Spearman 2005: 128.

Type.

Holotype Male (Fig. 5 D–F; USNM ENT 00873059).

Holotype labels.

Dr. W. Zulisky - U.S.S. Newport - from San Domingo / Gonatista - major - TYPE. Caud. / Type - No. - U.S.N.M. [USNM Cat. No. 15088; referenced in the original description]

Measurements.

Body length 63.36; forewing length 49.10; hindwing length 44.93; pronotum length 13.50; prozone length 4.16; pronotum width 5.12; pronotum narrow width 3.50; head width 7.94; head vertex to clypeus 2.97; frons width 2.52; frons height 0.78; prothoracic femur length 13.51; mesothoracic femur length 12.56; mesothoracic tibia length 10.03; mesothoracic tarsus length 7.34; metathoracic femur length 13.83; metathoracic tibia length 16.13; metathoracic tarsus length 9.92; discoidal femoral spines L4; anteroventral femoral spine count L14; posteroventral femoral spine count L4; anteroventral tibial spine count L12; posteroventral tibial spine count L6.