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Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-21
Page range: 120–129
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A remarkable new species of Mythomantis Giglio-Tos, 1916 from northern Borneo, with notes on the systematics of Deroplatyinae Westwood, 1889 (Mantodea: Mantidae)

University of Würzburg, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Theodor Boveri Institute, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany Present address: Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Conservation Biology Unit, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
University of Würzburg, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Theodor Boveri Institute, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany Present address: Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States
Mantodea Angelinae Deroplatyinae Mythomantis serrata Pseudempusa taxonomy

Abstract

A conspicuous new species of praying mantid, Mythomantis serrata sp. nov., from the Malaysian part of Borneo is described and illustrated. A key to the three known species of the genus Mythomantis and their known geographic distribution is provided. Several morphological characters, most notably those in the male genitals, suggest a close relationship between Mythomantis and the Southeast Asian genera Pseudempusa and Deroplatys. As a consequence, we propose to transfer Mythomantis from Angelinae to Deroplatyinae, and Pseudempusa from Miomantinae Rivetinini to Deroplatyinae, while removing Brancsikia from this subfamily.