Stagmomantis parvidentata (Beier, 1931)

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

Stagmomantis parvidentata (Beier, 1931)

Taxonomic history. First described as Stauromantis parvidentata by Beier (1931); assigned to Stagmomantis by Terra (1995).

Distribution. Mexico, Costa Rica and Colombia (Rehn 1935b; Ehrmann 2002; Agudelo et al. 2007).

Species description. Beier (1931), as Stauromantis ; Rehn (1935b), brief; Ariza and Salazar (2005).

Features. Male features: forewings are hyaline, with a green, partly-opaque marginal strip; hindwings are clear and colorless; edge of pronotum is finely denticulated (Beier 1931; Rehn 1935b). Females are not welldescribed (Rehn 1935b; Ariza and Salazar 2005; Medellín and Salazar 2011). Ariza and Salazar (2005) recognize the subspecies Stagmomantis parvidentata colombiana in Colombia, which may be characterized by white banding on the forewing that runs from the base towards the middle, as well as by strong denticulations of the pronotum and anterior coxa (see also Medellín and Salazar 2011). These features, however, are also described more generally for S. parvidentata by Beier (1931) and Rehn (1935b). Interestingly, biometric data reported for males collected in Colombia by Ariza and Salazar (2005) differ markedly from males collected in Costa Rica by Beier (1931) and Rehn (1935b). For body length, pronotum length, and forewing length, Colombian specimens are 61–66 mm, 19 mm, and 49–50 mm, respectively (Ariza and Salazar 2005), while Costa Rican specimens are 56 mm, 15–16 mm, and 35–38 mm, respectively (Beier 1931; Rehn 1935b; Table 2).