Blepharopsis mendica Fabricius 1775
Creators: name: Mohammad, Salwa Kamal
name: Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad
name: El-Hamouly, Hayam
name: Ehrmann, Reinhard
name: Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Empusidae
Blepharopsis
Blepharopsis mendica

description: Blepharopsis mendica (Fabricius, 1775)
Mantis mendica Fabricius, 1775: 275.
Mantis marmorata Olivier, 1792: 641.
Gongylus mendicus Thunberg, 1815: 295.
Blepharopsis mendica Fabricius, 1793 (cited in Krauss, 1890: 236) Blepharopsis mendica Ebner, 1921: 113.
Distribution. Asia Minor, Cyprus, Canary Islands, Iran, Iraq and Northern Africa.
Material examined. Egyptian Collection (45) specimens: Barrage 19.VII.1952 (2N); Cairo 2.I.1953 (N); Cairo 8.I.1954 (M); Cairo 8.I.1954 (N); EL-Fayoum V.2008 (F); El Nazla, EL-Fayoum 27.IV.1967 (F); Etaka 20.III.1951 (M); Gabal Asfer 21.VII.1952 (F); Gabal Asfer 21.VII.1953 (F); Hurghada 29.I.1995 (F); Hurghada 27.7.2007 (2M); Ismailia, 22.XI.1993 (N); Kharga oasis 10.II.1953 (F) (M); Nabak 19.V.1995 (N); Pyramids 19.XII.1951 (N); St. Katrien 11.VIII.1994 (M); Wadi Talaha, South Sinai 26.VII.1992 (N); Warrak 4.VIII.1952 (F) (ASUC); Abu Roush 26.X.1943 (N); Abu Roush 13.VI.1955 (F); Bir lahfan, Arish 4.IX.1951 (M); El-Wasta 10.X.1948 (N); Gabal Asfer 21.II.1955 (M); Gabal Asfer 17.V.1955 (F); Helwan 19.X.1940 (N); Helwan 19.X.1948 (N); Suez road 13.VII.1955 (M); Wadi Sirdale, South Sinai, 15. IV.1939 (M) (CUC); Coll. G. Ferante 1927 (3F); EL-Fayoum 1.4.1935 (M); Hurghada 1935 (F); Karanis, EL-Fayoum 5.12.1933 (F); Maadi 11.1927 (F); Maadi 1932 (M); Massara 1927 (2M); Ougret El Sheq 23.3.1922 (M); Pyramids 1932 (M); Suez road 13.5.1928 (F); Tour 7.8.1922 (F); Tour 1927 (F) (EESC); International museum (34): (Cat.-Nr. 1207-1209) Egypt-C: Oase Bahriyah (28.15N- 28.57E), W Nil, leg. W. G. Ullrich, 06.XI.1993. (3N); (Cat.-Nr. 1211-1216) Egypt-C: Oase Dakhla (28.49N- 32.24E), leg. W. G. Ullrich, 01.I.1996. (6N); (Cat.-Nr. 1195-1200) Egypt-E: Hurghada (27.17N- 33.47E), leg. S. Materna, 07.V.2002 (F) (7 ootheca); (Cat.-Nr. 1188-1193) Egypt-N: El Hamrawein, Küstenort am westl. „Roten Meer“ zw. Port Safagan & El Quisier, leg. H. Kirchhauser, V.1996. (3M) (3 ootheca); (Cat.-Nr.1194) Egypt-N: El Maadi (29.50N- 31.15E), 15 km S Cairo, leg. Einheimischer Sammler, ded. V. Schwenk, VII.1993. (F); (Cat.-Nr.1206) Egypt-N: El Maadi (29.58N- 31.15E), Straße nach Wadi Digla, leg. W. G. Ullrich, 05.IX.1996 (N); (Cat.-Nr.1205) Egypt-N: El Maadi (29.58N- 31.15E), Straße nach Wadi Digla, leg. W. G. Ullrich, 28.II.1995 (N); (Cat.-Nr. 1201-1202) Egypt-N: El Maadi (29.58N- 31.15E), Straße nach Wadi Digla, leg. W. G. Ullrich, 28.II.1995 (F), (2N); (Cat.-Nr.1210) Egypt-N: Ismailiya (30.36N- 32.15E), N Suez, leg. W. G. Ullrich, 15.XII.1993 (F) (N); (Cat.-Nr.1203) Egypt-N: Wadi an Natrun, Bir Hukir (30.22N- 30.20E), 100 km S Alexandria, leg. W. G. Ullrich, 12.I.1994 (M) (N); (Cat.-Nr.1204) Egypt-W: Oase Farafra, 150 km S (27.14N- 28.09E), im Al Wadi Al Jadid, leg. W. G. Ullrich, 02.I.1996 (N) (SMNK).
description: Published as part of Mohammad, Salwa Kamal, Alla, Sohair Mohammad Gad, El-Hamouly, Hayam, Ehrmann, Reinhard & Nasser, Mohamed Gemal El-Den, 2011, Mantodea of Egypt, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 3044 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278837