Angela subhyalina ( Chopard, 1914 )

Schwarz, Christian J., Ehrmann, Reinhard, Stiewe, Martin B. D., Mörtter, Rolf & Falkenberg, Michael, 2020, Mantodea of Panguana (Insecta: Dictyoptera), Zootaxa 4824 (1), pp. 1-66 : 20

Angela subhyalina ( Chopard, 1914)

( Figs. 40–42 , 138 )

Thespis subhyalina Chopard, 1914: 754–755 .

Type locality. Mapiri , Bolivia ( Chopard 1914) .

Records: CeNak: ♀, 20.XII.1970, leg. H. W. Koepcke. ZSM: ♂, 230 m, 23.IX.–05.X.2017, leg. E. Diller ( Fig. 40 ); ♀, 230 m, 01.–21.V.2015, leg. M. Steinherr ( Figs 41–42 ) .

Distribution. Bolivia, W Brazil, Ecuador, Peru.

Remarks. Closely related to A. purpurascens ( Olivier, 1792) from the Guyanas. Assignment of sexes was possible due to captive-raised specimens from Ecuador and Peru (CSC).

Figures

FIGURES 39–42. Genus Angela. 39. Angela trifasciata Stål, 1877, male in dorsal view. 40. A. subhyalina (Chopard, 1914), male in dorsal view. 41. A. subhyalina, female in dorsal view. 42. A. subhyalina, female in ventral view. Scale bar: 10 mm.

FIGURES 136–141. Life aspects of praying mantids at Panguana (continued). 136. Angela guianensis, male. 137. Angela cf. quinquemaculata, female. 138. Angela subhyalina, female. 139. Microphotina panguanensis n. sp., male. Photos © Dieter Schulten. 140. Macromantis hyalina (Degeer, 1773), male. Photo © Rolf Mörtter. 141. Acanthops erosula, juvenile female. Photo © Dieter Schulten.