Deroplatys truncata (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)

Zhang, Jia-Zhi & Price, Benjamin, 2024, Revision of the genus Deroplatys Westwood, 1839 (Mantodea: Deroplatyidae) with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 5445 (1), pp. 1-68 : 51-54

Deroplatys truncata (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)

( Figs. 2B ; 3B ; 5B ; 6B ; 7 ; 8C–E, G, H, J, L, M & O ; 9B–E ; 10B ; 13B ; 23B ; 34C, F, I ; 39B ; 43B )

Choeradodis truncata Guérin-Méneville, 1843 , 1843: 65 (♀, type locality: Malacca); Saussure 1871: 167 (♀, transferred from Choeradodis ); Kirby 1904: 281 (♀); Giglio-Tos 1917b: 157 (♂, D. siccifolium could potentially be the male of D. truncata ); Werner 1921: 129 (♂, status doubtful with D. siccifolium ); Werner 1923: 394 (♂, status doubtful with D. siccifolium ); Giglio-Tos 1927: 341–342 (♂, ♀); Werner 1933: 261 (♂, Java); Beier 1935: 6 (♂, ♀); Ehrmann 2002: 122 (♂, ♀); Schwarz & Konopik 2014:154 (♂, ♀).

Deroplatys siccifolium Saussure, 1870: 240 (♂, type locality: ‘ India?’); Saussure. 1871: 166 (♂); Westwood 1889: 41 (♂, similar to D. rhombica ); Kirby 1904: 281 (♂), Giglio-Tos 1917b: 157 (♂, male of D. truncata ); Werner 1921: 129 (♂, status doubtful with D. truncata ); Werner 1923: 394 (♂, status doubtful with D. truncata ); Beier 1935: 6 (♂, synonymized with D. truncata ).

Deroplatys shelfordi Kirby, 1903: 296 (♀, type locality: Borneo); Kirby 1904: 282. (♀); Giglio-Tos, 1927: 341 (♀, status doubtful with D. truncata and D. horrifica ); Beier, 1935: 6 (♀); Marshall, 1975: 311–327 (♀, designated type specimen as holotype); Ehrmann 2002: 122 (♀); Schwarz & Konopik 2014:154 (♀, synonymized with D. truncata ).

Type material examined

Lectotype of Deroplatys shelfordi examined: NHMUK012496238 , Sarawak VI.1896 //1903-200// Lectotype, ♀, Deroplatys shelfordi Kirby, 1903 , des. by Zhang & Price, 2024.

Additional material examined. (22♂♂, 4♀♀)

22♂♂

NHMUK012497797 // Sabah: 250ft,/ 30mls. Sandakan / Keningau Rd. / 19-X.1977.// M.E.Bacchus. / B.M.1978- 48 ; NHMUK015058110 // Malaya Penang, Tanjong Bungab. at light. 4 - VI.1903. H. T. Pagden. Pres by Com Inst Ent B.M. 1955-851. Com . INST.ENT. COLL. NO.14444 (Dissected) ; NHMUK012497792 // SABAH: / Sandakan district./ Rumidi estate./ River Labuk. / 50-150ft. / 14-31-IX.1973./ C.J.M. Pruett. // heavy forest near plantations.// Brit. Mus. 1975-590 ; NHMUK015058106 // Sarawak Semongok. / Light Trap. [us?.1967] / Coll. G.H.L Rothschild. / Pres by Com Inst Ent. /B.M.1971-1 ; NHMUK015058107 // Sandakan,/ Brit. N. Borneo. / W.B.Pryer. /1914-484 ; NHMUK015058105 // SARAWAK: Gunong / Mulu Nat. Park ./ R. G.S. Exped. 1977-8./ J.D.Holloway et al./ B.M.1978-206.// Site 15. February. / Camp 2.5, Mulu / 1000m. 413461./ Lower 1. Montane f ./ MV – understorey; NHMUK015058104 // SABAH:/ Sandakan district./ Rumidi estate./ River Labuk. / 50-150ft. / 14-31-IX.1973./ C.J.M. Pruett. // heavy forest near plantations./ Brit. Mus. 1975-277 ; NHMUK015058109 // SARAWAK: / Foot of Mt.Dulit. / Junction of rivers/ Tinjar & Lejok. / IX.1932.// Oxford Univ. Exp. / B.M.Hobby &/ A.W.Moore. / B.M.1933-254.// Native collected. (Dissected) ; NHMUK015058102 // SABAH: Sandakan district./. Rumidi estate./ River Labuk. / 50-150ft. / 14-31-IX.1973./ C.J.M. Pruett. //heavy forest near plantations./ Brit. Mus. 1975-590 ; NHMUK012497793 // Sabah: 250ft,/ 30mls. Sandakan / - Keningau Rd. / 19- X.1977.// M.E.Bacchus. / B.M.1978-48 ; NHMUK015058103 // SABAH: / Sandakan district./ Rumidi estate./ River Labuk. / 50-150ft. / 14-31-IX.1973./ C.J.M. Pruett. // heavy forest near plantations [handwriting on pale paper]//. Brit. Mus. 1975-277 ; NHMUK015058101 // SABAH: / Tawau district./ Brumas camp./ 500-700ft. / 17-31.IX.1973./ C.J.M. Pruett. // clay, shale and limestone hills. Primary rainforest [handwriting]. / Brit. Mus. 1974-277 ; NHMUK015058117 // Malacca / 56-140 [handwriting on circle paper]//. Westw / mants/ pl9f11 [handwriting on blue lined paper] ; NHMUK015058118 // Sandakan. / C . V. Creagh. / 96-197 ; NHMUK015058116 // Malaysia / Kota Kinabalu / Sabah / 19 - VI.1968/ Dr.P.J.L.Roche // Brit Mus. 1976-443 ; NHMUK012497794 // Sandakan. / 10.2.93. 95-144 [handwriting on pale paper] ; NHMUK015058115 // Sandakan. / 21.1.93. 95-140 [handwriting on pale paper] ; NHMUK015058114 // B.N. BORNEO. nr. Mt. Kinabalu. Kabayau , 600. 8 - VI.1929. Coll.H.M.Pendlebury. F.M.S. Museums. B.M. 1955-354; NHMUK015058113 // Sandakan / 96-197 ; NHMUK015058112 // Sandakan / 97-87 ; NHMUK015058111 // Sandakan / 97-87 ; NHMUK015058103 // W. MALAYSIA: / Cameron Highlands. / 200ft. 12 - V.1973./ Coll. C.C.Chua. / B.M. 1975- 604. (Dissected) .

3♀♀

NHMUK 012497795// Rauomg, Selangor./ 11-VIII.1911./ Mungo Park./ 1911–314;

OX. UNI.MUS.NAT. HIST ( OUMNH). Kuching. Borneo//M. Burr Collection. Pres. 1903 by M. B//1903-8990; OX. UNI.MUS.NAT. HIST ( OUMNH). Kuching. Borneo//M. Burr Collection. Pres. 1903 by M. B//1903-8990.

Diagnostic features: Compound eyes conical; male hind wings transparent

Redescription

Figures

FIGURE 2. Deroplatys spp. male head morphology ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys trigonodera; E: Deroplatys indica; F: * Deroplatys angustata; G: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; H: Deroplatys philippinica; I: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; J: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; K: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; L: Deroplatys sarawaca. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 3. Deroplatys spp. female head morphology. ‘*’ primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: *Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; *D: Deroplatys trigonodera, Myanmar; E: Deroplatys lobata; F: Deroplatys lobata, Java; G: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; H: Deroplatys tigonodera, Sarawak; I: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; J: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; K: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; L: * Deroplatys sarawaca. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 5. Deroplatys spp. male forecoxae morphology ‘*’ primary type. A: Deroplatys desiccata, Singapore; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys trigonodera; E: * Deroplatys angustata; F: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; G: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; H: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; I: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; J: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; K: Deroplatys sarawaca; L: Deroplatys indica. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 6. Deroplatys spp. female forecoxae morphology ‘*’ primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata, Malacca; B:Deroplatys truncata; C: *Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys lobata, Java; E: *Deroplatys horrifica, Sumatra; F: *Deroplatys trigonodera, Myanmar; G: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; H: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; I: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov.; J: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov.; K: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov.; L: * Deroplatys sarawaca; M: Pseudempusa pinnapavonis. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 7. Deroplatys truncata type illustration from Guérin-Méneville (1843).

FIGURE 8. Deroplatys gorochovi (A, B, F, I, K & N), Deroplatys truncata (C, D, G, L & O) and *Deroplatys shelfordi (e, H & M) external morphology. A: *Deroplatys gorochovi male from Anisyutkin (1998); B: *Deroplatys gorochovi female from Anisyutkin (1998); C: Deroplatys truncata male; D: Deroplatys truncata female; E: *Deroplatys shelfordi female pronotum; F: *Deroplatys gorochovi female pronotum from Anisyutkin (1998); G: Deroplatys truncata female pronotum; H: *Deroplatys shelfordi female head; I: *Deroplatys gorochovi female head from Anisyutkin (1998); J: Deroplatys truncata female head; K: *Deroplatys gorochovi male head from Anisyutkin (1998); L: Deroplatys truncata male head; M: *Deroplatys shelfordi female; N: *Deroplatys gorochovi forefemur from Anisyutkin (1998); O: Deroplatys truncata forefemur. ‘*’ indicates the primary type. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 9. Male genitalia of A: *Deroplatys gorochovi from Anisyutkin, (1998); B–E: Deroplatys truncata; B & D: West Malaysia; C & E: Borneo. ‘*’ indicates the primary type. Scale bars 1mm.

FIGURE 10. Deroplatys spp. female forewings morphology ‘*’ primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: *Deroplatys lobata, est Malaysia; D: * Deroplatys trigonodera, Myanmar; E: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; F: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; G: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; H: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; I: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; J: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; K: * Deroplatys sarawaca; L: Deroplatys lobata, Java. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 13. Deroplatys spp. male pronotum and lateral pronotal expansion. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys lobata, East Malaysia; E: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; F: Deroplatys trigonodera; G: *Deroplatys rhombica; H: *Deroplatys indica; I: * Deroplatys angustata; J: Deroplatys philippinica; K: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; L & M: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; N: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; O: Deroplatys sarawaca. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 23. Deroplatys spp. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. Male abdomen ventral view. A. Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata; D: Deroplatys trigonodera; E: Deroplatys philippinica; F: Deroplatys indica; G: *Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; H: Deroplatys sawaraca; I: *Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; J: *Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov.. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 34. Deroplatys nebula sp. nov. and D. truncata external morphology. A: Deroplatys nebula sp. nov. male pronotum; B: Deroplatys nebula sp. nov. female pronotum; C: Deroplatys truncata female pronotum; D: Deroplatys nebula sp. nov. male forecoxae; E: Deroplatys nebula sp. nov. female forecoxae; F: Deroplatys truncata female forecoxae; G: Deroplatys nebula sp. nov. male forewing; H: Deroplatys nebula sp. nov. female forewing; I: Deroplatys truncata female forewing. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 39. Deroplatys spp. male meta-thoracic leg morphology dorsal view. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys lobata, Borneo; E: * Deroplatys angustata, Java; F: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; G: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; H: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; I: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; J: Deroplatys sarawaca; K: Deroplatys philippinica; L: Deroplatys indica. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 43. Deroplatys spp. male forewings morphology ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys lobata, Borneo; E: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; F: Deroplatys trigonodera; G: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; H: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; I: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; J: Deroplatys sarawaca; K: * Deroplatys angustata; L: Deroplatys philippinica; M: Deroplatys indica. Images not to scale.