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Mimetica incisa (Stål, 1875)

CollectionObject 1505729; 68e3ce5b-2947-42a7-8238-03b7273a6bb7: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505729; 68e3ce5b-2947-42a7-8238-03b7273a6bb7: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505729; 68e3ce5b-2947-42a7-8238-03b7273a6bb7: female pronotum, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505729; 68e3ce5b-2947-42a7-8238-03b7273a6bb7: female ovipositor (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505729; 68e3ce5b-2947-42a7-8238-03b7273a6bb7: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, dorsal view (holotype of Mimetica marmorata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female pronotum dorsal (holotype of Mimetica marmorata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female pronotum lateral (holotype of Mimetica marmorata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female right tegmen (holotype of Mimetica marmorata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female front leg (holotype of Mimetica marmorata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: labels (holotype of Mimetica marmorata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, anterior view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, anterior view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, wing (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, on drawer (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505731; e38f06a7-be9f-40c6-ba04-da9930e6f51c: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506472; 904554a5-a0a3-448a-99fa-125b1d43b2ea: male, lateral view (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506472; 904554a5-a0a3-448a-99fa-125b1d43b2ea: male pronotum dorsal (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506472; 904554a5-a0a3-448a-99fa-125b1d43b2ea: male mid tibia (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506472; 904554a5-a0a3-448a-99fa-125b1d43b2ea: male tibia front (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506472; 904554a5-a0a3-448a-99fa-125b1d43b2ea: labels (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520461; 8381d6d9-cf78-4e4c-bdd4-59e4373ebd23: male (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520462; f805ba8a-1e79-49ca-99a6-ad60af0797de: male left tegmen (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520462; f805ba8a-1e79-49ca-99a6-ad60af0797de: male mirror (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520462; f805ba8a-1e79-49ca-99a6-ad60af0797de: male left mirror area (Mimetica brunneri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520464; e4262c2b-bc92-4596-9c3a-b1f35337939b: Pl. VII, Fig. 53. female, dorsal view (specimen in London, tegmen length 40 mm). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521788; 0f7dfe52-f4ae-4702-973d-31beffa7a0db: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521788; 0f7dfe52-f4ae-4702-973d-31beffa7a0db: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521788; 0f7dfe52-f4ae-4702-973d-31beffa7a0db: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521788; 0f7dfe52-f4ae-4702-973d-31beffa7a0db: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529691; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529691; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f: female pronotum lateral (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529691; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529691; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529691; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f: female, face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529691; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529691; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f: female abdomen tip (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529691; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533110; 924b5646-7952-4a5f-a81a-e6925267150c: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533110; 924b5646-7952-4a5f-a81a-e6925267150c: male, base of left tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539024; UVCO MUSENUV-20506, 7e124c56-210c-4e9b-af65-91ed2f841bb6: male lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539704; e6f4d5f0-8026-4166-880f-8d91a20da6b3, DORSA BT000061S01: male, lateral view (holotype of var. bicolor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539704; e6f4d5f0-8026-4166-880f-8d91a20da6b3, DORSA BT000061S01: male, lateral view (holotype of var. bicolor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539704; e6f4d5f0-8026-4166-880f-8d91a20da6b3, DORSA BT000061S01: male abdominal apex (holotype of var. bicolor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539704; e6f4d5f0-8026-4166-880f-8d91a20da6b3, DORSA BT000061S01: male head and pronotum dorsal view (holotype of var. bicolor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539704; e6f4d5f0-8026-4166-880f-8d91a20da6b3, DORSA BT000061S01: labels (holotype of var. bicolor). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (72)

  • Cycloptera incisa Stål, 1875: 37.

    Holotype; female; 2df6bdff-651f-46ed-b98c-2b61dd5ce33f; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Panama

  • Mimetica mortuifolia Pictet, 1888: 30.

    Syntype; female; 68e3ce5b-2947-42a7-8238-03b7273a6bb7; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Guatemala. Syntype; male; 904554a5-a0a3-448a-99fa-125b1d43b2ea; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Chiriquí

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  • Mimetica tuberata Vignon, 1924 (subjective synonym of Cycloptera incisa Stål, 1875) in Braun, 2026: 446.
  • Mimetica incisa (Stål, 1875) in Braun, 2026: 446.

References (33)

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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Relating to an incision in the middle of the rear margin of the pronotum.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1089