Stagmomantis montana montana Saussure and Zehntner, 1894

Maxwell, Michael R., 2014, A synoptic review of the genus Stagmomantis (Mantodea: Mantidae), Zootaxa 3765 (6), pp. 501-525 : 517

Stagmomantis montana montana Saussure and Zehntner, 1894

Stagmomantis montana sinaloae Rehn 1935

Taxonomic history. Stagmomantis montana was first described by Saussure and Zehntner (1894). Rehn (1935a) recognized two subspecies: S. montana montana and S. montana sinaloae . There are at least seven synonyms for S. montana montana , including Stagomantis androgyna (given in Saussure and Zehntner 1894), Stagmatoptera typhon (given in Rehn 1904a), Auromantis (Stagmomantis) montana (given in Giglio-Tos 1917), Auromantis androgyna (given in Giglio-Tos 1917), Auromantis cinctipes (given in Giglio-Tos 1917).

Distribution. S. montana montana is the more widespread subspecies, occurring from USA and northern Mexico southward to Costa Rica (Ehrmann 2002; Agudelo et al. 2007). S. montana sinaloae appears to be mainly confined to the Mexican state of Sinaloa (Rehn 1935a; Ehrmann 2002).

Species description. Saussure and Zehntner (1894), Giglio-Tos (1927), as Auromantis ; Rehn (1935a); Rehn (1935b), brief.

Features. Male features: forewings are hyaline, with a green opaque marginal strip; marginal strip is distinctly wider at the base, describing a concave line; hindwings are colorless (Giglio-Tos 1927; Rehn 1935b). Female features: forewings have broad marginal field; forewings are broadly rounded at apex; hindwings are tessellated with yellow spots; stigma is white; anterior coxa is distinctly dentate (Saussure and Zehntner 1894; Rehn 1935b). S. m. sinaloae is somewhat shorter than S. m. montana (Rehn 1935a) , as indicated by biometric data (Table 2). In males, S. m. sinaloae differs from S. m. montana by having more slender forelegs, and having a narrower forewing marginal strip that does not describe a concave line (Rehn 1935a).