Deroplatys angustata Westwood, 1841

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 : 13

Deroplatys angustata Westwood, 1841

( Figs. 2F ; 5E ; 12D ; 13I ; 19 ; 20C ; 23D ; 39E ; 42G ; 43E )

Deroplatys angustata Westwood, 1841: 34 (♂, type locality: Java); Westwood 1843: 192 (♂, identical to male D. rhombica De Haan, 1842 ); Saussure 1871: 314 (♂, status doubtful); Westwood 1889: 41 (♂); Rehn 1903: 715 (♂); Kirby 1904: 281 (♂); Werner 1924: 263 (cannot be distinguished with‘ rhombica ’ but without making any taxonomic adjustment); Giglio-Tos 1927: 344 (♂, junior synonym of D. horrifica , status doubtful with D. rhombica ); Beier 1935: 6 (♂); Ehrmann 2002: 119 (♂); Schwarz & Konopik 2014: 153 (status doubtful with D. rhombica and D. lobata ).

Type material examined (1 ♂)

Lectotype designated here: ♂, NHMUK012496240 // Java [handwriting on pale paper].// 60-15./ E.I.C.// 15 [handwriting on pale paper]// Lectotype, ♂, Deroplatys angustata Westwood, 1841 , des. by Zhang & Price, 2024.

Diagnostic features: similar to Deroplatys lobata male, but male genitalia pafa margin with small denticles.

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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 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 12. A: Deroplatys lobata female; B: *Deroplatys horrifica C: Deroplatys lobata male; D: *Deroplatys angustata male. ‘*’ indicates a primary type specimen. 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 19. Male Deroplatys angustata Lectotype. A: dorsal; B: type label; C: ventral. Scale bar 10mm. Labels not to scale.

FIGURE 20. Deroplatys spp. male genitalia, ventral view. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; B: Deroplatys lobata, Borneo. C: *Deroplatys angustata, Java; D: Deroplatys trigonodera, West Malaysia; E: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; F: Deroplatys philippinica. Scale bars 1mm.

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 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 42. Left phallomere dorsal wall (L4B) of Deroplatys spp. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: *Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; B: *Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; C: *Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; D: Deroplatys sarawaca; E: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; F: Deroplatys lobata, Borneo; G: Deroplatys angustata, Java; H: Deroplatys trigonodera, West Malaysia. Scale bars 1mm.

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.