Published April 7, 2021 | Version v1
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Hierodula dyaka Westwood 1889

  • 1. College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong 266109, China.
  • 2. 1255487803 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6924 - 8774
  • 3. College of Media, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, China
  • 4. College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, China

Description

Hierodula dyaka Westwood, 1889

Hierodula dyaka Westwood, 1889: 34. Holotype (♂): Indonesia, Borneo, BMNH.

Material examined. 1♂, 1♀, CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menglun, 21°55’N, 101°11’E, alt. 700m, 1.iv.2019, leg. Guozhong Yang.

Measurements [in mm, ♂ (n = 1), ♀ (n = 1)]. Body length, ♂ 60.5, ♀ 71.8. Pronotum length, ♂ 23.8, ♀ 25.6. Pronotum width, ♂ 4.9, ♀ 5.6. Forewing length, ♂ 49.1, ♀ 56.5.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Malay Peninsula, Thailand, India.

Remarks. This species was recorded from China by Liu et al. (2020), who also provided redescription and photographs of the species. Ootheca of this species remains unknown.

Notes

Published as part of 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), pp. 401-433 in Zootaxa 4951 (3) on page 408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4668054

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2019-04-01
Verbatim event date
2019-04-01
Scientific name authorship
Westwood
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mantodea
Family
Mantidae
Genus
Hierodula
Species
dyaka
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Hierodula dyaka Westwood, 1889 sec. Liu, Liu, Wang & Yin, 2021

References

  • Liu, Q. P., Liu, Z. J., Chen, Z. T., Yuan, Z. L. & Shi, Y. (2020) A new species and two new species records of Hierodulinae from China, with a revision of Hierodula chinensis (Mantodea: Mantidae). Oriental Insects, 54 (3), 1 - 20. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2020.1754954