A new subspecies of the mantis Hierodula patellifera (Mantodea: Mantidae) from the Daito Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan

By

Oshima, Kazuyuki

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-6-3

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

30

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

95--98

Subjects

Dictyoptera , Kita-daito-jima Island , Minami-daito-jima Island , nymph , Okinawa , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.62022

 

Abstract

A new subspecies of the Asian mantis Hierodula patellifera (Audinet-Serville, 1839), Hierodula patellifera daitoanassp. nov., is described based on specimens collected from the Daito Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan. This new subspecies is distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies H. patellifera patellifera in adulthood by the relatively larger body size, the larger number of antennal segments, the presence of a white marking along the dorsal-inner surface on the procoxa, and marginal spines of the procoxa comprising two large and several small tooth-like projections.