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Figure 48.Liturgusa, dorsal perspective of the pronotum (scale bar = 1 mm). Liturgusa stiewei sp. n.: A male B female. Liturgusa trinidadensis sp. n.: C male D female. Liturgusa zoae sp. n.: E male F female. Liturgusa cursor Rehn, 1950: G male H female. Liturgusa dominica sp. n.: I male J female. Liturgusa milleri sp. n.: K male L female.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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2011-08-14 Vienna XXII. district, Lobau - Danube National Park, wet meadow (153 msm Quadrant 7864/2).German name: GottesanbeterinTheir colour varies - they adapt to their surroundings: this one here obviously grew to this size in brown-ish bushlands, while other specimens are of a deep green colour.
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Figure 42.Liturgusa, head from the anterior perspective to scale (scale bar = 1 mm). Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: A male B female. Liturgusa tessae sp. n.: C male D female. Liturgusa manausensis sp. n.: E male. Liturgusa stiewei sp. n.: F female.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Gava, Catalonia, Spain
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Figure 16.Liturgusa tessae sp. n., dorsal habitus: A holotype male from San Miguel, Bolivia (CLEV GSMC000263) B allotype female from Tambopata, Peru (CLEV GSMC000265).
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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2011-09-25 Lower Austria, district Krems-Land: Wachau - Drnstein (285 msm Quadrant 7659/1).German name: Europische Gottesanbeterin
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Figure 42.Liturgusa, head from the anterior perspective to scale (scale bar = 1 mm). Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: A male B female. Liturgusa tessae sp. n.: C male D female. Liturgusa manausensis sp. n.: E male. Liturgusa stiewei sp. n.: F female.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Figure 47.Liturgusa, dorsal perspective of the pronotum (scale bar = 1 mm). Liturgusa cayennensis Saussure, 1869: A male B female. Liturgusa lichenalis Gerstaecker, 1889: C male D female. Liturgusa guyanensis La Greca, 1939: E male F female. Liturgusa neblina sp. n.: G female. Liturgusa bororum sp. n.: H male I female. Liturgusa cura sp. n.: J male K female. Liturgusa fossetti sp. n.: L male M female. Liturgusa kirtlandi sp. n.: N male O female. Liturgusa manausensis sp. n.: P male. Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: Q male R female. Liturgusa tessae sp. n.: S male T female.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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European Mantis (Mantis religiosa) nymph.Photo available free for noncommercial use. Please contact me for details on using any of my images commercially or otherwise, either via flickr or on my website
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Figure 51.Liturgusa, male genital complex from the ventral perspective (scale bar = 1 mm, but all secondary illustrations 60% of scale (e.g. B.2 and B.3). Liturgusa cayennensis Saussure, 1869: A.1 French Guiana (ANSP 055) A.2 French Guiana (MNHN 074). Liturgusa lichenalis Gerstaecker, 1889: B.1 Peru (CAS 005) B.2 Peru (CLEV GSMC000259) B.3 Peru (CAS 010) B.4 Peru (MEKRB 010). Liturgusa guyanensis La Greca, 1939: C.1 Guyana (CAS 017). Liturgusa bororum sp. n.: D.1 Holotype from Peru (MNHN 038). Liturgusa cura sp. n.: E.1 Holotype from Venezuela (ANSP 082). Liturgusa fossetti sp. n.: F.1 Paratype from Panama (CAS 020). Liturgusa kirtlandi sp. n.: G.1 Paratype from Bolivia (CLEV GSMC000276) G.2 Paratype from Bolivia (CLEV GSMC000279) G.3 Paratype from Bolivia (CLEV GSMC000283) G.4 Paratype from Bolivia (CLEV GSMC000282). Liturgusa manausensis sp. n.: H.1 Holotype from Brazil (USNM 001). Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894: I.1 Colombia (AMNH 011) I.2 Peru (ANSP 038) I.3 Venezuela (AMNH 023) I.4 Guatemala (USNM 014). Liturgusa tessae sp. n.: J.1 Paratype from Bolivia (CLEV GSMC000268) J.2 Paratype from Brazil (ZMHB 004) J.3 Paratype from Brazil (USNM 007) J.4 Paratype from Brazil (MNHN 086) J.5 Paratype from Brazil (ANSP 110); J.6 Paratype from Brazil (ANSP 109).
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Octon, Languedoc-Roussillon, France