Stagmomantis fraterna Saussure and Zehntner, 1894
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.6.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6126001 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CFFB05-FFBE-255F-EBE7-FF7019695E73 |
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Stagmomantis fraterna Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 |
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Stagmomantis fraterna Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 View in CoL
Taxonomic history. Described as Stagmomantis fraterna by Saussure and Zehntner (1894). Synonym: Stagmomantis maya (given in Saussure and Zehntner 1894; Giglio-Tos 1927).
Distribution. Mexico and Central America (Ehrmann 2002; Agudelo et al. 2007).
Species description. Saussure and Zehntner (1894); Giglio-Tos (1927).
Features. Male features: forewings are completely hyaline, with green veins; marginal strip of the forewings is hyaline, with a broad base (Saussure and Zehntner 1894; Giglio-Tos 1927). Rehn (1935b) describes the male's distinctive and unique cultiform (bladelike) hypophallus. Female features: hindwings are opaque yellow in anterior and basal regions, remainder being tessellated with yellow spots; apical edge of hindwings is green; stigma is linear and not differentiated in color from the forewing (Latin concolore); eyes are somewhat prominent; pronotum with finely denticulated edge (Saussure and Zehntner 1894; Giglio-Tos 1927).
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