Amorphoscelis singaporana Giglio-Tos, 1915

Wu, Chao & Liu, Chun-Xiang, 2021, The genus Amorphoscelis Stål (Mantodea: Amorphoscelidae) from China, with description of two new species and one newly recorded species, Journal of Natural History 55 (3 - 4), pp. 189-204 : 195-197

Amorphoscelis singaporana Giglio-Tos, 1915 – New records from China

( Figures 1 (d), 2(c), 3(d,g), 4(e,i), 5(l), 6(a–d))

Amorphoscelis singaporana Giglio-Tos, 1915: 32 ; Giglio-Tos 1927: 30; Roy 1967: 262; Mukherjee et al. 1995: 206; Ehrmann 2002: 62; Roy 2011: 70.

Type locality. Singapore.

Examined specimens. CHINA: 1 ♂; Yunnan, Yingjiang, Nabang ; 24.72103°N, 97.57113°E; 253 m; 10 May 2013; Chao Wu leg . ( IZCAS). 8 ♂; Yunnan, Yingjiang, Ruili ; 24.08112°N, 97.82619°E; 1222 m; 5~ 15 September 2014; Xiao-Dong Yang leg . ( IZCAS). 1 ♂; Yunnan, Yingjiang, Ruili ; 24.08112°N, 97.82619°E; 1222 m; 4 May 2013; Chao Wu leg . ( CCW). 1 ♂; Yunnan, Menghai ; 21.96°N, 100.45°E; 1200 m; October 1981 ( KIZAS) . THAILAND: 1 ♀ ;

ChiangMai ; 18.15417°N, 98.43111°E; 782 m; 5 July 2014; Lu-Yu Wang leg . ( CCW). 1 ♂; INDONESIA: Java; 300 m; August 2016 ( IZCAS) .

Redescription. Medium-sized. Juxtaocular bulge of vertex tapered. Fore wings nearly hyaline; costal area semi-hyaline, with some brownish patches; discoidal and anal areas hyaline, with a separate brownish patch in basal and medial part of discoidal area ( Figure 1 (d)). Median secondary distal process of ventral phallomere highly developed, sinuous and swollen before its distal tip; lateral secondary distal process of ventral phallomere small, sharp, turning to right ( Figure 6 (a–d)).

Measurements (mm). Body length: male 19.50–19.65, female 22.76; length of pronotum: male 2.20–2.24, female 2.65; length of fore femora: male 3.10–3.15, female 3.34; length of middle femora: male 4.90–4.95, female 5.35; length of hind femora: male 5.81–5.85,

female 6.30; length of tegmina: male 16.11–16.40, female 17.84; length of cerci: male 2.06–2.14, female 2.51; width of head: male 3.82–3.87, female 5.62.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); Singapore; Malaysia; India (Assam); Vietnam; Thailand; Sumatra.

Figures

Figure 1. (a–f) Left side of male fore wings in Amorphoscelis spp. from China. (a) A. chinensis from Guangdong; (b) A. chinensis from Henan; (c) A. hainana; (d) A. singaporana; (e) A. xueshani sp. nov.; (f) A. guaduna sp. nov.

Figure 6. Male phallic complex of Amorphoscelis spp. from China. (a,e) right epiphallus; (b,c,f,g,j) ventral phallomere; (d,h) left epiphallus. (a–d) A. singaporana; (e–h) A. xueshani sp. nov. Abbreviations: afa, phalloid apophysis; bl, basal lobe of ventral phallomere; paa, apical process of left phallomere, titillator; pda, primary distal process; sdpl, lateral secondary distal process; sdpm, median secondary distal process.