Empusa humbertiana, Saussure, 1869

Pfäuti, Patrice & Hollier, John, 2012, Additions to the catalogue of mantid type material deposited in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève (Insecta: Mantodea), Revue suisse de Zoologie 119 (3), pp. 261-267 : 264

humbertiana Saussure, 1869 [Empusa] .

Two ♀ and one ♂ (box 55) are probably syntypes. Each has two handwritten labels. For the ♂: "♂ Ceylan Vge Humbert" and " Empusa unicornis Linn." (yellow paper); the first ♀: " ♀ Ceylan Vge Humbert" and " Empusa unicornis Linn." (yellow paper) and the second ♀: " ♀ Trincomalie Ceylan Vge Humbert" and " Empusa unicornis Linn." (yellow paper). E. humbertiana was synonymised with Gryllus unicornis by Saussure (1871), but the latter is a nomen dubium and both are now considered junior synonyms of Empusa (Empusa) pennata (Thunberg, 1815) (see Roy, 2004).