Metilia, Stal, 1877

Schwarz, Christian J., Ehrmann, Reinhard, Stiewe, Martin B. D., Mörtter, Rolf & Falkenberg, Michael, 2020, Mantodea of Panguana (Insecta: Dictyoptera), Zootaxa 4824 (1), pp. 1-66 : 36

Metilia sp.

( Figs. 76 , 91 , 143 )

Records. SMNK: ♂, 220 m, lux, 21.IX.–03.X.2004, leg. J. & R. Oehlke (SMNK-Mant 05732); ♂, 230 m, 07.X.2014, leg. R. Mörtter (SMNK-Mant 12761) (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 312); ♂, 230 m, 25.IX.2019, leg. R. Mörtter . ZSM: ♂, 19.IX.–02.X.2005, leg. E.-G. Burmeister, E. Diller, O. Gruler, M. Breitsameter & T. Kothe. CSC: ♂, 230 m, lux, 12.X.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter ( Fig. 76 ) (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 344, Fig. 91 ) (ex. SMNK) .

Distribution. Brazil, Peru.

Remarks. This species was described as “ Metilia vulgaris ” by Maldaner (2014) in her yet unpublished thesis dealing with a revision of the genus. As pointed out by Rivera & Vergara-Cobián (2017), Metilia vulgaris is a nomen nudum and thus unavailable.

Figures

FIGURES 75–76. Genera Pseudacanthops & Metilia. 75. Pseudacanthops lobipes La Greca & Lombardo, 1997, male in dorsal view. 76. Metilia sp., male in dorsal view. Scale bar: 10 mm.

FIGURES 88–93. Male genitalia of selected Acanthopoidea in ventral view. 88. Liturgusa nubeculosa Gerstaecker, 1889. 89. Metriomantis boliviana Lombardo, 1999. 90. M. cf. pilosella Giglio-Tos, 1915. 91. Metilia sp.. 92. Stenophylla lobivertex Lombardo, 2000. 93. Raptrix occidentalis Lombardo & Marletta, 2004. Not to scale.

FIGURES 142–147. Life aspects of praying mantids at Panguana (continued). 142. Pseudacanthops lobipes, male. Photo © Dieter Schulten. 143. Metilia sp., male. Photo © Rolf Mörtter. 144. Stenophylla lobivertex, male. 145. Stenophylla lobivertex, female. 146. Raptrix occidentalis, male. Photos © Frank Glaw. 147. Acontista aurantiaca, juvenile. Photo © Dieter Schulten.