The Thespid Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Thespidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Alfred P. Kaltenbach

Naturhistorisches Museum in Wien, Burgring 7, A-1014 Wien, Austria

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Family: THESPIDAE Chopard

Subfamily: HOPLOCORYPHINAE Kaltenbach

1. Genus: HOPLOCORYPHA Stål
   1. H. boromensis Brancsik

      Hoplocorypha boromensis Brancsik 1897: **.
      Mozambique.

      
      
   2. H. brevicollis Beier

      Hoplocorypha brevicollis Beier 1931b: **.
      Free State.

      
      
   3. H. fumosa Giglio-Tos

      Hoplocorypha fumosa Giglio-Tos 1916: **.
      Zimbabwe and Malawi.

      
      
   4. H. garuana Giglio-Tos

      Hoplocorypha garuana Giglio-Tos 1916: **.
      Namibia and Angola.

      
      
   5. H. macra (Stål)

      Mantis macra Stål 1856: 169.
      Gauteng, to Namibia.

      
      
   6. H. nana Sjostedt

      Hoplocorypha nana Sjostedt 1909: 62.
      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Province and Northern Cape, to Namibia, Malawi and East Africa.

      
      
   7. H. perplexa Rehn

      Hoplocorypha perplexa Rehn 1912: **.
      Namibia, Democratic Republic of Congo and East Africa.

      
      
   8. H. saussurii Giglio-Tos

      Hoplocorypha saussurii Giglio-Tos 1916: **.

      = Hoplocorypha galeata Saussure 1872: **, (nec Hoplocorypha galeata Gerstaecker, 1869: **.)
      South Africa, to Namibia, Zambia and East Africa

      
      
   9. H. striata Beier

      Hoplocorypha striata Beier 1930: **.
      Namibia.

      
      
   10. H. turneri Beier

       Hoplocorypha turneri Beier 1930: **.
       Namibia.

       
       
   
   
2. Genus: HOPLOCRYPHELLA Giglio-Tos
   1. H. grandis (Brancsik)

      Hoplocorypha grandis Brancsik 1897: 248.
      South Africa, to Zimbabwe, Malawi and East Africa.