Didymocorypha libaii Wu & Liu, 2020

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 : 62

Didymocorypha libaii Wu & Liu, 2020

Didymocorypha libaii : Wu and Liu, 2020: 56‒61 .

Type species and locality. Didymocorypha libaii Wu and Liu, 2020 ; China, Tibet, Gyirong county .

Diagnosis (from Wu & Liu 2020). Lower frons trapezoidal. Ocelli small and indistinct. Fore femur with 4 posteroventral, 4 discoidal and 15‒16 anteroventral spines. Fore tibia about half as long as femur, with 5‒6 posteroventral and 10 anteroventral spines. Cerci elongated, with 15 segments, distal segments gradually becoming longer towards distal end. Last three segments longer than wide. Both sexes wingless.

Male genitalia relatively large. Left phallomere narrow and long with finger-like apical process (paa) and brush-like cluster of hairs. Anterior process of left phallomere (afa) wide, short and highly sclerotized, with spine-like structure. Distal process of ventral phallomere (sdp) indistinct.

Measurements are given in Table 1.

Distribution. China: Tibet ( Wu and Liu, 2020).