Ephierodula albomaculata ( Zhang, 1991 )

Liu, Qin-Peng, Liu, Zi-Jun, Wang, Guo-Li & Yin, Zi-Xu, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the praying mantis subfamily Hierodulinae of China (Mantodea: Mantidae), Zootaxa 4951 (3), pp. 401-433 : 405-406

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4668068

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scientific name

Ephierodula albomaculata ( Zhang, 1991 )
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Ephierodula albomaculata ( Zhang, 1991) View in CoL

Hierodulella albomaculata Zhang, 1991: 235–236 View in CoL . Holotype (♂): China, Yunnan, NJFU; Zhu et al. 2012: 231–232. Ephierodula albomanculata ( Zhang, 1991) : Schwarz & Roy. 2018b: 456–458.

Material examined. 1♂, CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla , Wangtianshu. 21°37’N, 101°35’E, alt. 750m, 20.vi.2013. leg. Chao Wu ( CWC) GoogleMaps .

Measurements [in mm, ♂ (n=1)]. Body length, ♂ 74.0.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. Male genitalia ( Fig 12 O–P View FIGURE 12 ). Left phallomere: Sclerite L4B spoon-shaped with the posterior edge sclerotized ventrally. Aafa developed and strongly sclerotized, with a blunt tip, while pafa is mostly degraded. The base of sclerite L2 broad and left edge sine-shape. The apical process paa slightly bends to the left. Loa reduced. Ventral phallomere: Sclerite L4A irregular rhomboid; left posterior edge of ventral phallomere with a triangular process. Sdp rod-like, with an obliquely truncated and pigmented tip.

Zhang, G. Z. & Zou, D. Q. (1991) A new species of the genus Hierodulella Giglio-Tos (Mantodea: Mantidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia, 13 (4), 235 - 236.

Zhu, X. Y., Wu, C. & Yuan, Q. (2012) s. n. In: Mantodea in China. Xiyuan Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 237 - 267. [in Chinese]

Gallery Image

FIGURE 12. Ventral phallomere and left phallomere on the male genitalia of Chinese Hierodulinae. A–B. Hierodula chinensis. C–D. Hierodula jianfenglingensis. E–F. Hierodula longa. G–H. Hierodula zhangi. I–J. Hierodula latipennis. K–L. Rhombodera valida. M–N. Rhombodera latipronotum. O–P. Ephierodula albomaculata from Mengla, Yunnan. © Chao Wu, China, published with permission. Q–R. Ephierodula meihuashana from Wuping, Fujian. © Chao Wu, China, published with permission. S–T. Hierodula dyaka.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Mantodea

Family

Mantidae

SubFamily

Hierodulinae

Tribe

Hierodulini

Genus

Ephierodula