The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)

New record of Didymocorypha Wood-Mason (Mantodea, Eremiaphilidae) from China, with description of a new high-altitude wingless mantis species in Asia

“…Classification system follows Schwarz and Roy (2019). Descriptive terminology of adult morphology and the male genitalia follows Brannoch et al (2017) and Schwarz and Roy (2019). All specimens of the new species were collected during daytime through careful observation.…”

“…At the time of Ehrmann's catalogue (Ehrmann 2002) the genus Didymocorypha only possessed one species, D. lanceolata, which is widely distributed in South Asia (e.g., Sri Lanka, Nepal and India). In Schwarz and Roy's (2019) new taxonomic system, the genus Didymocorypha belongs to subfamily Iridinae (Eremiaphilidae). This subfamily includes eight genera, among which seven range from Africa to South Asia and one genus Iris Saussure ranges from Africa and Europe to northwestern China (Wang 1993).…”

New records of praying mantis (Mantodea) from Thailand

“…Terminology for genitalia follows Schwarz & Roy (2019) and Brannoch et al (2017): aafa -anterior lobe of phalloid apophysis; afa -phalloid apophysis; fda -main posterior lobe of right phallomere; loa -membranous lobe; paa -apical process of left phallomere; pafa -posterior lobe of phalloid apophysis; pva -ventral process; sdp -secondary distal process. DIAGNOSIS.…”

“…Mantodea is known as the predatory insects and can be found mostly in the tropical rainforests (Mukherjee et al, 1995). Recently, over 2,000 species, 450 genera, 59 subfamilies in 29 families are known through the distribution range (Wu & Liu, 2017;Schwarz & Roy, 2019). Among them, approximately 300 species were recorded in Southeast Asia and 75 species, 47 genera in 10 families have been recorded from Thailand (Mukherjee et al, 1995;Roy, 2009;Sureshan & Sambath, 2009;Ehrmann, 2002;Mukherjee et al, 2014;Ehrmann & Borer, 2015;Ghate et al, 2019;Mukherjee et al, 2017;Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2017;Schwarz et al, 2018;Vermeersch et al, 2019).…”

A cryptic new species of Chlidonoptera Karsch, 1892 from the south west protected zone of the Central African Republic (Insecta, Mantodea, Hymenopodidae)

“…Thus, prior to the discovery of this new species, described herein, the genus Chlidonoptera contained four species: C. vexillum, C. chopardi, C. lestoni, and C. werneri. Chlidonoptera chopardi is distributed in West Africa, C. vexillum and the new species are distributed in West Central Africa, C. lestoni is distributed in Ghana (Leston 1968, Roy et Leston 1975, with C. werneri distributed in the East. It appears that Tanzania and Kenya are the eastern limits of the distribution of C. vexillum (Ehrmann 2002, Schwarz andRoy 2019). Chlidonoptera vexillum is sympatric with C. werneri, creating confusion.…”