Published September 6, 2023 | Version v1
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Metaphotina austri Ferraz, Souza-Dias, sp. n.

  • 1. Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • 2. Department of biological sciences, Université de Montréal, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (IRBV), 4101 Sherbrooke St E, Montreal, Quebec, H 1 X 2 B 2, Canada & Montreal Insectarium, 4101 Sherbrooke St E, Montreal, Quebec, H 1 X 2 B 2, Canada

Description

Metaphotina austri Ferraz, Souza-Dias & Rivera sp. n.

Figures (2–7, 9–11)

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Diagnosis (Fig. 2–7). Male (Fig. 2A): emerald green, rarely brown to reddish brown (Fig. 3A–C); small body size (14.18–21.36 mm); mesothoracic wing with central dark spot of varying intensity and spread (Fig. 4, 5A); metathoracic wings translucent and unpigmented (Fig. 5A); left margin of ventral phallomere (dorsal view) with sudden inflection anterior to spine-like, distal projection (Fig. 6B); well-sclerotized, prismatic-shaped afa of left phallomere (Fig. 6A). Female (Fig. 2B): emerald green, often mottled in white, rarely brown to reddish brown (Fig. 3D–F); small body size (14.9–16.1 mm); prominent vertex with deep parietal sulcus (Fig. 2D); mesothoracic wings distally tapered; distal half of the anal area featuring pale crossveins subtending the black membrane, and longitudinal veins alternating between pale and black (Fig. 5B). Measurements in Table 1.

Notes

Published as part of Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. & Rivera, Julio, 2023, A hidden gem from Northeastern Brazil: A new species of Metaphotina Piza, 1964 (Mantodea, Acontistidae) ecologically linked to the Caatinga, pp. 31-54 in Zootaxa 5343 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8324170

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ferraz, Souza-Dias
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Mantodea
Family
Acanthopidae
Genus
Metaphotina
Species
austri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Metaphotina austri Ferraz & Souza-Dias, 2023