Stagmomantis tolteca (Saussure, 1861)

Maxwell, Michael R., 2014, A synoptic review of the genus Stagmomantis (Mantodea: Mantidae), Zootaxa 3765 (6), pp. 501-525 : 518

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.6.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6126029

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Stagmomantis tolteca (Saussure, 1861)
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Taxonomic history. The status of S. tolteca as a separate species is somewhat debatable. It was first described as Mantis (Stagmatoptera) tolteca by Saussure (1861), and subsequently regarded as synonymous with S. carolina by Saussure (1871) and later authorities (e.g., Beier 1935, Terra 1995, Ehrmann 2002). S. tolteca is recognized as a separate species by Saussure and Zehntner (1894) and Salazar (2005).

Distribution. USA and Mexico through Central America to Colombia (Saussure and Zehntner 1894; Hebard 1923a; Salazar 2005).

Species description. Saussure and Zehntner (1894); Salazar (2005), brief.

Features. S. tolteca is similar to S. carolina , with a comparatively more slender pronotum (Hebard 1923a). Male features: forewings are completely membranous, tessellated with brown spots, and with a hyaline marginal strip; hindwings are tessellated with brown spots (Saussure and Zehntner 1894). Female features: forewings can be green, brown or gray, with black marbling in the anterior portion; anterior portion of the hindwings is reddish, with the posterior portion being tessellated with yellow spots; stigma is dark (Saussure and Zehntner 1894).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Mantodea

Family

Mantidae

Genus

Stagmomantis

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