Zhang Jia-Zhi, Price Benjamin
Department of Life Sciences; Imperial College London; London SW7 2AZ; UK.
Department of Life Sciences; Natural History Museum; London SW7 5BD; UK.
Zootaxa. 2024 Apr 26;5445(1):1-68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5445.1.1.
A morphological review of the mantid genus Deroplatys Westwood, 1893 is presented. The type specimens of Deroplatys desiccata Westwood, 1839, D. trigonodera Westwood, 1889 and D. rhombica De Haan, 1842 are illustrated. The holotype of D. angustata Westwood, 1841 has been rediscovered in the NHM collection and the description of the external morphology and male genitalia are provided. Deroplatys horrifica Westwood, 1889 is now a new synonym of D. lobata (Guérin-Méneville, 1838). Three new species namely Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov., Deroplatys nebula sp. nov. and Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov. are described and illustrated. New identification keys were generated for both sexes. The distribution of the genus Deroplatys species is discussed and mapped.
本文对1893年韦斯特伍德命名的叶背螳属进行了形态学综述。文中展示了1839年韦斯特伍德命名的干燥叶背螳、1889年韦斯特伍德命名的三角叶背螳和1842年德哈恩命名的菱形叶背螳的模式标本。1841年韦斯特伍德命名的狭叶背螳的正模标本已在英国自然历史博物馆收藏中重新发现，并对其外部形态和雄性生殖器进行了描述。1889年韦斯特伍德命名的恐怖叶背螳现成为叶背螳（1838年盖兰 - 梅内维尔命名）的新同物异名。描述并展示了三个新物种，分别是基纳巴卢山叶背螳新种、星云叶背螳新种和徐正飞叶背螳新种。还编制了新的雌雄鉴别检索表。讨论并绘制了叶背螳属物种的分布情况。
