Metriomantis cf. pilosella Giglio-Tos, 1915

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 : 27

Metriomantis cf. pilosella Giglio-Tos, 1915

( Figs. 55–56 , 89 )

Type locality. Guyana ( Giglio-Tos 1915a) .

Records. SMNK: ♂, 230 m , Estanque trail tree trap, 30.IX.2014, leg. M. Falkenberg (SMNK-Mant 12561) (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 392) . CSC: ♂, 230 m , lux, 19.IV.2018, leg. M. Falkenberg ( Figs. 55–56 ) (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 410, Fig. 89 ) (ex. SMNK) .

Distribution. Guyana, Peru.

Remarks. Our specimens correspond very well to the holotype of M. pilosella (MFNB) , particularly as regards the black markings on head, forefemora and foretibiae, and the pilosity of the walking legs ( Giglio-Tos 1915a, 1927). However, they are distinguished from the holotype by a conspicuously shorter metazona, which is 2.4 times as long as the prozona (as opposed to 2.9 times in the holotype). Whether this difference represents intraspecific variability or points to more than one taxon being present remains unknown at the moment (J. Rivera, pers. comm.). New for Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 53–56. Genus Metriomantis. 53. Metriomantis boliviana Lombardo, 1999, male in dorsal view. 54. M. boliviana, male in ventral view. 55. M. cf. pilosella Giglio-Tos, 1915, male in dorsal view. 56. M. cf. pilosella Giglio-Tos, 1915, male in ventral 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.