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C omm u n fi c a tt fi o n Tw e n tt y -tt h r e e n ew r e c o r d s o f m a n tt o d e a ( I n s e c tt a ) f r om s om e s tt a tt e s o f I n d fi a T u s h a r K a n fi M u k h e r j e e , G e e tt h a I y e r & P a r b a fi C h a tt e r j e e 2 6 F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 7 | V o l . 9 | N o . 2 | P p . 9 8 2 9 -9 8 3 9 1 0 . 1 1 6 0 9 / j o tt . 1 9 3 6 . 9 . 2 . 9 8 2 9 -9 8 3 9T h r e a tt e n e d T a x a T h e J o u r n a l o f T h r e a tt e n e d T a x a fi s d e d fi c a tt e d tt o b u fi l d fi n g e v fi d e n c e f o r c o n s e r v a fi o n g l o b a l l y b y p u b l fi s h fi n g p e e r -r e v fi ew e d a r fi c l e s o n l fi n e e v e r y m o n tt h a tt a r e a s o n a b l y r a p fi d r a tt e a tt www . tt h r e a tt e n e d tt a x a . o r g. A l l a r fi c l e s p u b l fi s h e d fi n J o T T a r e r e g fi s tt e r e d u n d e r C r e a fi v e C omm o n s A tt r fi b u fi o n 4 . 0 I n tt e r n a fi o n a l L fi c e n s e u n l e s s o tt h e rw fi s e m e n fi o n e d . J o T T a l l ow s u n r e s tt r fi c tt e d u s e o f a r fi c l e s fi n a n y m e d fi um , r e p r o d u c fi o n , a n d d fi s tt r fi b u fi o n b y p r o v fi d fi n g a d e q u a tt e c r e d fi tt tt o tt h e a u tt h o r s a n d tt h e s o u r c e o f p u b l fi c a fi o n .O P E N A C C E S S P a r tt n e r www . tt h r e a tt e n e d tt a x a . o r g I S S N 0 9 7 4 -7 9 0 7 ( O n l fi n e ) | I S S N 0 9 7 4 -7 8 9 3 ( P r fi n tt ) Funding: None. Competing interests:The authors declare no competing interests.Author Details: Tushar Kanti Mukherjee -retired as Associate Professor of Zoology from Presidency University, Kolkata in 2012. Actively engaged in taxonomy of Mantids and Stick insects till date. Published more than 55 articles and books in national and international journals. Geetha Iyer -A teacher at heart, she is deeply involved in matters of school education and works and volunteers as an independent consultant in the twin fields of education and environment. Author of the book, "The Weavers. The curious world of insects". Writes for Teacher Plus on bringing biodiversity into the classroom; on insects for the magazine Frontline. Author of two text books on Environment Education; series Editor of middle school science text books, "Science Now" and a nature photographer with an avid interest on entomofauna. Parbati Chatterjee -as a lecturer of Zoology in a Kolkata based college, she has to undertake regular tour to semi-urban and natural forests. Working on taxonomy of mantids for about eight years. Published more than 12 articles.Author Contribution: TKM -identification and compilation of materials and correspondence. GI -photography of insects through travel to various localities and contributed to the writing of the article particularly the introductory paragraphs and description of localities. PC -identification, observational input, Photoshop works.Acknowledgements: : This record of mantises would not have been possible without the help and encouragement of several people all of whom we thank p...

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