Didymocorypha lanceolata (Fabricius, 1798)

Unnahachote, T., Samung, Y., Waengsothorn, S. & Jaitrong, W., 2019, New records of praying mantis (Mantodea) from Thailand, Far Eastern Entomologist 395, pp. 23-32 : 24-27

Didymocorypha lanceolata (Fabricius, 1798)

Figs 1–2 , 13

Mantis lanceolata Fabricius, 1798: 191. Type locality: INDIA (ZMUC).

Didymocorypha lanceolata: Ehrmann 2002: 123.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Thailand: Lopburi province, Chai Badan district , 16. VI

2018, 4 males (THNHM-I-10809 to THNHM-I- 10812, THNHM) and 2 females (THNHM-I-

10807 to THNHM-I-10808, THNHM), P. Chantakul leg.; Nakhon Ratchasima province,

Muang district, Behind Khorat Fossil Museum, 27.VIII.2019, 1 female (THNHM-I- 11836),

W. Jaitrong & T. Jeenthong leg.

DIAGNOSIS. Both male and female are small and slender. Adult male. Smaller than female; head in dorsal view, elongate and subtriangular, clearly longer than broad; antenna filiform; compound eye elongately oval and weakly convex; pronotum in dorsal view, relatively long, subrectangular, with sides weakly concave and anterior margin roundly convex; wings present; fore leg short; middle leg and hind leg slender; all legs with dense small black spots;

cerci very long, flat and ensiform. Adult female. Similar to the male in body shape, with the following differences that should be noted: wings clearly absent; pronotum in dorsal view,

with parallel sides. Male genitalia. Right phallomere: fda elongate; pva sclerotized. Ventral phallomere: sdp sclerotized, short and curve, with acute projection. Left phallomere: pafa spiny; aafa absent; loa brush-like; paa elongated and curved.

female, dorsal view; 3–6 – Parapsychomantis vietnamensis male: 3 – body, dorsal view; 4 –

head, full-face view; 5 – fore coxa, ventral view; 6 – middle femur, ventral view.

DISTRIBUTION. Thailand (new record). – India, Nepal, Sri Lanka (Sureshan & Sambath, 2009; Ehrmann, 2002).

REMARK. We found this species in grassland nearby agricultural area in central and northeastern Thailand. In laboratory we fed it with springtails and adult fruit flies.

toxodera porioni ; 9 – Toxodera fimbriata , body in dorsal view.

Family Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1915

Subfamily Acromantinae Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1893

Tribe Acromantini Brunner de Wattenwyl, 1893

Figures

Figs 1–6. Praying mantis. 1, 2 – Didymocorypha lanceolata: 1 – male, dorsal view; 2 –

Figs 13–17. Male genitalia, ventral view. 13 – Didymocorypha lanceolata; 14 – Para-