Rodrigues Henrique M, Rivera Julio, Reid Neil, Svenson Gavin J
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Zookeys. 2017 Jun 14(680):73-104. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.680.11162. eCollection 2017.
We present the description of a new genus and new species of praying mantis, This species of cryptic mantis, collected in National parks in Mexico and Honduras, remained unknown despite its considerable body size. Based on a phylogenetic analysis with molecular data and traditional morphological analysis, we place this new genus within Antemninae, a monotypic Mantidae subfamily. We update the subfamily concept for Antemninae and provide a key to the two genera. We describe the external morphology of immatures and adults of the new species as well as the genital complexes of both sexes and the ootheca of . The observed morphological changes between immature and adult females suggests that the selection for an alternate strategy for crypsis is a response to size increase of the abdomen during development. Immatures exploit a stick/branch habitat based on their morphological appearance while adult females appear as a leaf to disguise the profile of the body.
我们描述了一种新的螳螂属和新物种。这种隐秘的螳螂物种，在墨西哥和洪都拉斯的国家公园被采集到，尽管其体型相当大，但此前一直不为人知。基于分子数据的系统发育分析和传统形态学分析，我们将这个新属归入蚁螳亚科，这是螳科的一个单型亚科。我们更新了蚁螳亚科的亚科概念，并提供了两个属的检索表。我们描述了新物种未成熟个体和成虫的外部形态，以及两性的生殖复合体和卵鞘。在未成熟和成年雌性之间观察到的形态变化表明，对另一种拟态策略的选择是对发育过程中腹部尺寸增加的一种反应。未成熟个体基于其形态外观利用树枝/枝条栖息地，而成年雌性则呈现为一片叶子以伪装身体轮廓。
