Fulciniini, Ehrmann & Roy, 2002

Connors, Matthew G., Yeeles, Peter, Lach, Lori & Rentz, David C. F., 2023, A revision of the genus Ima Tindale (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae) with the description of a new genus, Zootaxa 5380 (3), pp. 201-226 : 202

Key to known Australian Fulciniini genera

1 Overall body colour greenish, rarely brown; pronotum with a pair of obvious raised tubercles posteromedially; female abdomen with small to large dorsomedian projections; male genitalia with pda rounded and usually bifurcate, with afa elongate to kidney-shaped............................................................................ Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos

- Overall body colour brown or grey; pronotum with or without obvious raised tubercles; female abdomen with small dorsomedian projections only or without dorsomedian projections; male genitalia not as above................................... 2

2 Form slender; pronotum elongate and more than 2.2 times as long as wide ( Figure 1A–B , 6A–B ); female abdomen without dorsomedian projections; male genitalia with pda a single robust spine ( Figure 1C–D , 6C–D )................ Ima Tindale

- Form robust; pronotum roughly diamond-shaped and approximately 2.0 times as long as wide ( Figure 10A–B ); female abdomen with small dorsomedian projections; male genitalia with pda bifurcate ( Figure 10C–D )........... Inimia Connors gen. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Ima fusca Tindale.A. Dorsal habitus, adult female. B. Dorsal habitus, adult male. C. Male genitalic complex, dorsal view. D. Male genitalic complex, ventral view. A–B. Scale = 10mm. C–D. Scale = 1mm.

FIGURE 6. Ima corymbia sp. nov. A. Dorsal habitus, allotype female. B. Dorsal habitus, holotype male. C. Male genitalic complex, dorsal view. D. Male genitalic complex, ventral view. A–B. Scale = 10mm. C–D. Scale = 1mm.

FIGURE 10. Inimia nat gen. et sp. nov. A. Dorsal habitus, allotype female. B. Dorsal habitus, holotype male. C. Male genitalic complex, dorsal view. D. Male genitalic complex, ventral view. A–B. Scale = 10mm. C–D. Scale = 1mm.