Hierodula patellifera daitoana, Oshima, 2021

Oshima, Kazuyuki, 2021, A new subspecies of the mantis Hierodula patellifera (Mantodea: Mantidae) from the Daito Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan, Journal of Orthoptera Research 30 (1), pp. 95-98 : 95

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.62022
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scientific name	Hierodula patellifera daitoana
status	ssp. nov.

Treatment

Hierodula patellifera daitoana ssp. nov. Figs 2 View Fig. 2 , 3 View Fig. 3 , 5 View Fig. 5 , 7 View Fig. 7

Type material.

- Holotype: Japan • ♂; Okinawa, Shimajiri-gun, Kita-daito-jima Is., Kita-daito-son, Minato; 25°57'16"N, 131°17'17"E; 24 Jun. 2018; K. Oshima leg.; LETUA-IC-2021-00001. Paratypes: Japan • 1♂, 2♀; (collected as nymphs); Okinawa, Shimajiri-gun, Kita-daito-jima Is., Kita-daito-son, Minato; 25°57'19"N, 131°17'16"E; 25-26 Oct. 2016; K. Oshima leg.; LETUA-IC-2021-00002-00004 • 2♂; Okinawa, Shimajiri-gun, Kita-daito-jima Is., Kita-daito-son, Minato; 25°57'16"N, 131°17'17"E; 24-25 Jun. 2018; K. Oshima leg.; LETUA-IC-2021-00005-00006 • 2♂, 2♀ (collected as nymphs); Okinawa, Shimajiri-gun, Kita-daito-jima Is., Kita-daito-son, Minato; 25°57'19"N, 131°17'16"E; 24-26 Jun. 2018; K. Oshima leg.; LETUA-IC-2021-00007-00010 • 1♂ (collected as nymph); Okinawa, Shimajiri-gun, Minami-daito-jima Is., Minami-daito-son, Kita; 25°51'59"N, 131°14'50"E; 17 Feb. 2015; K. Oshima leg.; LETUA-IC-2021-00011 • 1♀ (collected as nymph); Okinawa, Shimajiri-gun, Minami-daito-jima Is., Minami-daito-son, Kita; 25°51'58"N, 131°14'50"E; 16 Apr. 2016; K. Oshima leg.; LETUA-IC-2021-00012 • 1♀ (collected as nymph); Okinawa, Shimajiri-gun, Minami-daito-jima Is., Minami-daito-son, Ikenosawa; 25°49'12"N, 131°13'18"E; 17 Apr. 2016; K. Oshima leg.; LETUA-IC-2021-00013.

Subspecies characters.

-Adult: Differs from the nominotypical subspecies H. patellifera patellifera by having the following characters: Body length 64-77 mm in males, 69-79 mm in females; antenna at most 115-segmented in both sexes; procoxa (Fig. 4A, B View Fig. 4 ) with a large white marking along dorsal-inner surface (white marking may become unclear in dry specimens), and with 2 large and several small tooth-like marginal spines (not well-defined). Nymph: Procoxa of 1st- and 2nd-instars (Fig. 5A, B View Fig. 5 ) lacking white markings and marginal spines; procoxa of 3rd instar (Fig. 5C View Fig. 5 ) with or without a small white marking, and with slightly developed, tooth-like marginal spines; procoxa of 4th instar (Fig. 5D View Fig. 5 ) with 2 small, white markings and with slightly developed, tooth-like marginal spines; procoxa of 5th instar (Fig. 5E View Fig. 5 ) with 2 medium-sized, irregular, white markings and with 2 large (somewhat developed) and several small tooth-like marginal spines; procoxa of 6th- to last-instars (Fig. 5F-H View Fig. 5 ) with a large-sized and irregular white marking and with 2 large (well developed) and several small tooth-like marginal spines.

Distribution.

-Kita-daito-jima Is. and Minami-daito-jima Is., the Ryukyus, Japan.

Etymology.

-This subspecific name is named after the Daito Islands, the type locality of the subspecies; an adjective.

Ecology.

-During my surveys, adults and nymphs appeared from May to July and in all seasons, respectively. Both adults and nymphs were found in grassland adjacent to a sugarcane field (Fig. 6 View Fig. 6 ) and forest edges, particularly on the bushy tree Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg. ( Euphorbiaceae). Some specimens were also found in a residential area. Oothecae were laid on twigs and trunks as well as on artificial objects (Fig. 7 View Fig. 7 ).