Didymocorypha species

Kamila, A. P. & Sureshan, P. M., 2024, Taxonomic Review of the Genus Didymocorypha Wood-Mason, 1877 (Mantodea: Eremiaphilidae) with description of a new species from India, Zootaxa 5512 (1), pp. 53-66 : 55

Key to Didymocorypha species

1. Cerci short, rectangular-shaped, little longer than wide ( Figs. 7 , 15, 16 , 28 ).................... D. wayanadensis sp. nov.

- Cerci very long, lance-shaped, more than 8 times longer than wide ( Figs. 23 , 27 )................................... 2

2. Male apterous; ocelli of male indistinct; body densely covered with black patches and spots.................... D. libaii

- Male mesopterous ( Fig. 18b ); ocelli of male distinct ( Fig. 20 ); body sometimes with few black spots......... D. lanceolata

Figures

FIGURES 1‒8. Didymocorypha wayanadensis Kamila & Sureshan sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 1) Habitus, dorsal view. 2) Live specimen. 3) Head, dorsal view. 4) Head, frontal view. 5) Prothoracic leg, dorsal view. 6) Prothoracic leg, ventral view. 7) Cercus, lateral view. 8) Ootheca.

FIGURES 9‒16. Didymocorypha wayanadensis Kamila & Sureshan sp. nov. Paratype ♂. 9) Habitus, dorsal view without abdominal cerci. 10) Habitus, dorsal view. 11) Head, dorsal view. 12) Head, frontal view. 13) Prothoracic leg, dorsal view. 14) Prothoracic leg, ventral view. 15) Last four segments of cercus, dorso-lateral view. 16) Last four segments of cercus, ventrolateral view.

FIGURES 25‒32. Didymocorypha wayanadensis Kamila & Sureshan sp. nov. Paratype ♀. 25) Head, dorsal view (©Evgeny Shcherbakov). 26) Head, frontal view (©Evgeny Shcherbakov). 27) Pronotum, dorsal view (©Evgeny Shcherbakov). 28) Cercus (©Evgeny Shcherbakov). Didymocorypha lanceolata (Fabricius). 29) Male genitalia, dorsal view. 30) Male genitalia, ventral view. Didymocorypha wayanadensis Kamila & Sureshan sp. nov. 31) Male genitalia, dorsal view. 32) Male genitalia, ventral view.

FIGURES 17‒24.Didymocorypha wayanadensis Kamila&Sureshan sp. nov. Paratype♂:17) Bottomof cercus.Didymocorypha lanceolata (Fabricius): 18a) Female, habitus. 18b) Male, habitus (©Steffi & Alexander). 19) Head, dorsal view. 20) Head, frontal view. 21) Prothoracic leg, dorsal view. 22) Prothoracic leg, ventral view. 23) Cercus, lateral view. 24) Ootheca (©Steffi & Alexander).