Empusa pennata Thunberg, 1815

Mantis pectinata Drury, 1770: 121 .

Mantis clavata Goeze, 1778: 34 .

Mantis spuria Goeze, 1778: 37 .

Mantis tricornis Goeze, 1778: 34 .

Gongylus pennatus Thunberg, 1815: 294 . Phantoma variabilis Risso, 1826: 212 . Empusa egena Charpentier, 1841: 297 . Empusa brachyptera Fischer-Waldheim, 1846: 97 . Empusa europaea Fieber, 1853: 96 .

Empusa occidentalis Fieber, 1853: 133 . Empusa egena in Krauss, 1890: 235.

Distribution. Mediterranean Basin.

Material examined. Egyptian collection (12): Abu Ghali 10.IV.1951 (F); Cairo 9.X.1953 (F); EL-Fayoum III.2008 (N); Mansourah 10.VIII.1956 (F); Pyramid 21.VII.1953 (F); Wadi Natroun 17.IV.1952 (F) (ASUC); Abu Keir 15.III.1959 (F); No data, Coll. Storey 1915 (2F) (CUC); No data, Coll. G. Ferrante 1927 (M); No data, Coll. Innes 1927 (M); Deirout 25.7.1923 (F) (EESC).