A new species of Margaromantis Piza, 1982 (Insecta: Mantodea) from Brazil

By

Menezes, Eliomar
Bravo, Freddy

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-02-03

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

3

Pages

1--9

Subjects

Chapada Diamantina , Dictyoptera , Mantidae , Neotropical region , Photinainae , taxonomy.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4343
eLocator: e4343

 

Abstract

A second species of the Neotropical mantid genus Margaromantis Piza, 1982, Margaromantis nigrolineata sp. n. is described from Bahia, Brazil. This new species can be recognized by the presence of a transverse black strip between compound eyes in the vertex; fore femora exhibiting black calluses on the inner face; lacking yellowish strips over the transverse veins on the metathoracic wings; left dorsal phallomere with rectangular ventral lamina, elongated and grooved lateral process, and a flattened, but not twisted apical process that is upwardly recurved.