32 



pbe 



pouch, between 



left 



memb 



flat pouch 



pda 



processo distale = pd (LG) 



left 



L41 



process 



pia 



piastra ventrale = pi (LG) 



right 



Rlv 



tooth, ridge 



pne 



processo anteriore = 



left 



Lla 



pouch 





pn (LG) 









pra 



prong, right 



right 



Rid 



process 



psa 



posterior sting 



left 



L2m 



bifid process 



pva 



processo ventrale 



right 



Rlt 



tooth, ridge 





sclerificato = pv (LG) 









ree 



right groove 



right 



Rlc 



groove 



sbe 



sting bulb 



left 



L41 



bulb + channel 



sla 



sting, left 



left 



L4d 



sting-like process 



sra 



sting, right 



right 



Rid 



sting-like process 



swe 



sclerotised "Wulst" 



left 



L41 



fold/beam-like 











apodeme 



tre 



tendon, right 



right 



memb 



long, narrow tendon 



tve 



tendon, virga 



left 



L41 



tendon, apodeme 



vfa 



ventral fold 



left 



memb 



broad lobe 



vge 



virga groove 



left 



L41 



groove 



via 



virga 



left 



L2d + L41 



process 



via 



ventral lobe 



left 



L4v 



lobe 



vpe 



ventral pouch 



left 



memb 



broad, flat pouch 



vsa 



ventral sting 



left 



L41 



sting-like process 



vte 



ventral tendon 



left 



memb 



broad, flat tendon 



xla 





left 



L2m 



short process 



5. DESCRIPTIONS OF PHALLOMERES AND POSTABDOMINA 



The complicated morphology of the phallomere complex and the courses of all investigated 

 muscles will be described in detail. The morphology of the subgenital plate and of the 

 posteriormost part of the abdomen can be largely seen from the figures and from the 

 general descriptions in 3.1.. Only the condition of the following elements will be 

 mentioned: Pv-sclerites; sclerites Ca, Cb, and Cc median to the cereal base; ventral 

 sclerotisation of tergite 10 TlOv; articulations A98 (cereal base - posterior margin of 

 tergite 10) and A99 (paratergite 10 - paraproct); some peculiarities will also be pointed 

 out. 



Figs. 1,2: Sphodromantis sp. (Mantodea, Mantidae) - 1: Male postabdomen in dorsal view; with 

 phallomere complex, subgenital plate, marginal parts of abdominal tergites 9 and 10, supraanal lobe, 

 epiproct, subanal lobes, paraprocts, distal part of rectum, basal parts of cerci, and part of musculature. 

 - 2: Same as in fig.l, after removal of further parts of abdominal tergites 9 and 10, parts of right 

 paraproct, and supraanal lobe with epiproct. Distal part of rectum and basal parts of cerci cut open. 

 Another part of musculature shown. Posterior to transverse line: like in fig.l. - Scale: 2mm. 



