Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

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 : 26-29

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scientific name	Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
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Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) View in CoL

( Figs. 2C, G View FIGURE 2 ; 3C, E–G View FIGURE 3 ; 5C, F View FIGURE 5 ; 6C–E View FIGURE 6 ; 10C, F View FIGURE 10 ; 11 View FIGURE 11 ; 12A–C View FIGURE 12 ; 13C, D View FIGURE 13 ; 15A, C View FIGURE 15 ; 16A–C View FIGURE 16 ; 17A, C, E View FIGURE 17 ; 20A, B View FIGURE 20 ; 23C View FIGURE 23 ; 38F–J View FIGURE 38 ; 39C, D View FIGURE 39 ; 40B–D View FIGURE 40 ; 41A, C View FIGURE 41 ; 42E, F View FIGURE 42 ; 43C–E View FIGURE 43 )

Choeradodis lobata Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 69-70 (♀, plate 234, type locality: unknown); Westwood 1841: 34 (♀, transferred from Choeradodis View in CoL ); De Haan 1842: 92 (♀); Westwood 1843: 192 (♀, identical to female D. rhombica De Haan, 1842 View in CoL ); Saussure 1869: 72 (♀); Saussure 1871: 166 (♂, ♀; locality: ‘Les Indes Orientales’- (Musèe de Paris)); Westwood 1889: 23 (♂, ♀); Kirby 1904: 281 (♀); Giglio-Tos, 1927: 343 (♂, ♀); Werner 1933: 261 (♂, Sumatra; ♀, Borneo); Beier 1935: 6 (♀); Ehrmann 2002: 119 (♀); Schwarz & Konopik 2014: 153 (status doubtful with D. rhombica View in CoL and D. angustata View in CoL ).

Mantis rhombica De Haan, 1842: 92 (♀; female same to D. lobata ); Werner 1922a: 118 (♂); Werner 1927: 417 (♂, hard to distinguish with D. horrifica View in CoL ); Westwood, 1843: 192 (♂ and ♀ identical to male D. angustata View in CoL and female D. lobata ); Saussure 1869: 72 (♂, ♀); Saussure 1871: 166 (♂, ♀ synonymized with D. lobata ).

Deroplatys brunneri Kirby, 1904: 281 View in CoL (unnecessarily replaced name for D. rhombica ); Beier 1935: 6 (♀, synonymized with D. lobata ).

Deroplatys horrifica Westwood, 1889: 40 View in CoL (♀, type locality *mistyped*: ‘Burmah’ [ Myanmar]); Kirby 1904: 282 (♀); Giglio-Tos 1927: 343 (♀, synonymized with D. angustata View in CoL ). syn.nov.

Type material examined (1 ♀)

Neotype of Deroplatys lobata established here: ♀, NHMUK012496897 About NHMUK // W. MALAYSIA: Cameron Highlands / 2000ft. 12- V.1973. / Coll. C.C.Chua. / B.M. 1975-604. // Neotype, ♀, Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) des. by Zhang & Price, 2024

Lectotype of Deroplatys horrifica Westwood, 1889 designated here and examined:

TYPE ORTH: 460 Deroplatys horrifica Westwood HOPE DEPT. OXFORD [handwriting in bold]// pl8 f4 Deroplatys horrifica [handwriting on blue line paper]// Burchell 15 [handwriting on pale paper]// Coll. Saunders [handwriting on red paper]// Sum. [handwriting on round paper] // Lectotype, ♀, Deroplatys horrifica Westwood, 1889 , des. by Zhang & Price, 2024.

Additional material examined (11♂♂, 3♀♀).

11♂

NHMUK 012496254// SARAWAK: / C.J. BROOKS./ B.M. 1908-10. [handwriting on pale paper]; NHMUK 012496246// Borneo./ SARAWAK./ 58-66; NHMUK 012496252// SARAWAK: / 1909./ C.J. BROOKS./

B.M. 1931-570. (Dissected); NHMUK 012496251// FED. MALAY STATES: / 1909./ C.J.Brooks./ B.M.1931- 570.(Dissected); NHMUK 012496247// Penang./ H.N.Ridley./ 1900-111.(Dissected);

NHMUK 012496898// SARAWAK: / 1909. /C.J. BROOKS./ B.M. 1931-570. (Dissected); NHMUK 012496248// Penang./ 96-126; NHMUK 012496250// Sumatra: / Benkoelen Dist. / 28-XI.1913.[handwriting on pale paper]/ C.J. Brooks./ 1920-43; NHMUK 012498900// SARAWAK: / Foot of Mt.Dulit./ Junction of rivers/ Tinjar & Lejok./ 16-VIII.1932.// Oxford Univ. Exp.// B.M.Hobby &/ A.W.Moore./ B.M.1933-254.// Native collected. (Dissected); OX. UNI.MUS.NAT. HIST ( OUMNH)// Ulu auig. Lailaw./ M. Burr Collection./ Pres.1903 by/ M.B. 1903- 8991.(Dissected); OX. UNI.MUS.NAT. HIST ( OUMNH)// N.Borneo./ Brunei. Capt./ Waterstradt./ Van der Poll./ Coll. Bought Janson 1909.// 1909-368.(Dissected);

2♀

NHMUK 012496244// “S.E. Asia” Sir. H. Low. [handwriting on pale paper]// B.M. 196 ‘5-644’ [handwriting on pale paper]; NHMUK 012496896// S.Bantau./ W. Java./ D.M.J.White [handwriting on pale paper]..

Diagnostic features: forecoxae with white marginal spines and black pigments; female forewing edge wavy; male genitalia with pafa present.

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