First Records of Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera) from the Serra das Confusões National Park, Piauí State, Brazil

Menezes, Eliomar Cruz; Neto, Alberto Moreira Silva; Quijano, Freddy Ruben Bravo

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v6i3.315

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“…Restricted to northeastern Brazil, associated with seasonal, semi‐arid habitats (Menezes et al , ; Menezes & Bravo, ).…”

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“…These are vegetation‐dwelling praying mantises (Terra, ). Cardioptera is a distinct genus distributed in north and southern South America, in both rainforest (such as Cardioptera squalodon Werner, 1925 in French Guiana) and seasonal habitats (such as Cardioptera parva Beier, 1942 in northeastern Brazil) (Heitzmann‐Fontenelle, ; Menezes et al , ). Terra () reported egg case‐guarding behaviour in females of Cardioptera brachyptera Burmeister, 1838 in eastern Brazil.…”

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“…Label data of museum specimens and literature records indicate that Hicetia , and species attributed to Photinella and Photina occur east and south of the Amazon (Menezes et al , ), whereas species attributed to Metriomantis exhibit a more typical (northern) Amazonian distribution (Lombardo, ). Terra () reported female egg case‐guarding behaviour in a species of Photina from northeastern Brazil (cited as P. amplipennis Stål, 1877, but likely a misidentification).…”

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The Neotropical ‘polymorphic earless praying mantises’ – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)

Rivera

Svenson

2016

Systematic Entomology

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We perform phylogenetic analyses of the 'polymorphic earless praying mantises', a heterogeneous assemblage comprising c. 55% of mantodean diversity in the Neotropics. Bayesian and maximum-likelihood were implemented on a DNA dataset of 9949 aligned nucleic acid characters comprising ten mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Our analyses largely resolved congruent relationships with high levels of support for higher-level taxonomic groups, but revealed extensive inconsistencies between the resolved topology and morphology-based classification systems. The polymorphic earless praying mantises, now granted superfamily status as the Acanthopoidea stat.n., comprises 8 families, 15 subfamilies and 18 tribes. Our newly revised organization required the following taxonomic changes: (i) Thespidae sensu n., including subfamilies Pseudopogonogastrinae subfam.n., Pseudomiopteryginae sensu n., Bantiinae subfam.n., Miobantiinae sensu n. and Thespinae sensu n. (tribes Musoniellini trib.n. and Thespini sensu n.); (ii) Angelidae stat.n. et sensu n.; (iii) Coptopterygidae stat.n.; (iv) Liturgusidae sensu n.; (v) Photinaidae stat.n., including Macromantinae stat.n., Cardiopterinae stat.n., Photiomantinae subfam.n. and Photinainae sensu n. (tribes Microphotinini trib.n., Orthoderellini stat.n. and Photinaini sensu n.); (vi) Stenophyllidae stat.n.; (vii) Acontistidae stat.n.; and (viii) Acanthopidae sensu n. Our new system also resulted in the reassignment of various genera to new and existing higher-level taxa, the exclusion of old world genera otherwise traditionally classified among the Thespidae, Liturgusidae and Angelidae, the confirmation of Stenophylla Westwood as member of this clade, and the revalidation of Paradiabantia Piza stat.r. We provide diagnoses for all suprageneric taxa using external morphological characters and male genitalia. A key to higher-level groups is provided. We incorporate egg case structural variation as a novel approach for taxon delineation.This published work has been registered in ZooBank, http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid: zoobank.

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“…Restricted to northeastern Brazil, associated with seasonal, semi‐arid habitats (Menezes et al , ; Menezes & Bravo, ).…”

Section: Taxonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Taxonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Taxonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Neotropical ‘polymorphic earless praying mantises’ – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)

Rivera

Svenson

2016

Systematic Entomology

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New Species of Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) From the Conservation Unit Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões, Brazil

Jacinavicius

Bassini‐Silva

Huang-Bastos

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Entomology

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The Piauí State, Brazil, has never had its chigger fauna recorded. In this study, we examined chiggers collected on marsupials, rodents, and lizards from the conservation unit Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões (PNSC). Herein we describe four new species, Paraguacarus klompenin. sp., Neoschoengastia ochoain. sp., Quadraseta welbournin. sp., and Susa bauchanin. sp. Furthermore, an additional seven species are reported: Eutrombicula alfreddugesi (Oudemans, 1910), Microtrombicula brachytrichiaBrennan, 1971, Microtrombicula rhipidomysiGoff, Whitaker and Dietz, 1983, Parascoschoengastia aemulata (Brennan and Jones, 1964), Parasecia validaBrennan, 1969, Pseudochoengastia petrolinensis Jacinavicius, Bassini-Silva and Barros-Battesti 2019, and Quadraseta flochi (Brennan and Jones, 1960). This is the first report of chiggers in Piauí State, which includes one of the most biodiverse areas in the Caatinga biome and is of particular importance to conservation. The genera Paraguacarus Goff and Whitaker, 1984 and Susa Audy and Nadcharam, 1960 are reported here for the first time to Brazil.

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A hidden gem from Northeastern Brazil: A new species of Metaphotina Piza, 1964 (Mantodea, Acontistidae) ecologically linked to the Caatinga

FERRAZ,

SOUZA-DIAS,

RIVERA

2023

Zootaxa

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A new species of praying mantis, Metaphotina austri sp. n., is described from the Caatinga biome in Brazil. The species can be easily distinguished from its congeners by its small body size and diagnostic characters found on the head, wings, and male genitalia. Distributional data compiled from specimen labels, historical literature, and the citizen science platform iNaturalist showed that M. austri sp. n. is mainly associated with the northernmost and driest region of the Caatinga, known as the “Depressão Sertaneja Setentrional.” Ecological and geographical data about the new species, as well as comments on the diversity of Mantodea in the Caatinga, are provided, highlighting the importance of crowdsourced data for a more comprehensive understanding of praying mantis species’ distribution and their natural history.

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First Records of Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera) from the Serra das Confusões National Park, Piauí State, Brazil

Cited by 3 publications

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The Neotropical ‘polymorphic earless praying mantises’ – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)

The Neotropical ‘polymorphic earless praying mantises’ – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)

New Species of Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) From the Conservation Unit Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões, Brazil

A hidden gem from Northeastern Brazil: A new species of Metaphotina Piza, 1964 (Mantodea, Acontistidae) ecologically linked to the Caatinga

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