Paraphotina caatingaensis (Menezes & Bravo, 2013) Agudelo & Rafael, 2016

Agudelo, Antonio A. & Rafael, José A., 2016, Review of Paraphotina (Mantodea: Photinaidae), Zoologia (e 20160055) 33 (6), pp. 1-13 : 6

Paraphotina caatingaensis

(Menezes & Bravo, 2013) comb. nov.

Figs. 4 , 5 , 9 , 13 , 17, 21, 30

Orthoderella caatingaensis Menezes & Bravo, 2013: 13 . Beier,

1942: 139, female partim; Rodrigues & Cancello, 2013: 964,

partim. Type material: male holotype, male paratype depo-

Figures 17-20. External genitalia, left epiphallus of species of Pasited in MZFS.

raphotina (dorsal view): (17) P. caatingaensis from Rio Grande do Diagnosis. Length 30-45 mm. Size small and slender for Norte, Brazil; (18) P. insolita from Meta, Colombia; (19) P. occidenthe genus ( Fig. 5 ). Ocellar tubercle grayish. Pseudophallus short talis from Coari, Amazonas, Brazil; (20) P. reticulata from Maranhão, and trapezoidal (Fig. 17, psph). Hypophallus with a strongly

Brazil). (psph) Pseudophallus. Scale bar: 10 mm.

sclerotized lateral process, right membranous lobe with moderately long setae (Fig. 21).

Type locality. Brazil (Bahia, Pilão Arcado). Remarks. In the original description of O. caatingaensis , Material examined. All specimens of P. caatingaensis comb. the authors noted that the top of vertex is as high as the juxnov. from BRAZIL, Bahia: Encruzilhada (850 m) 15°34’35”S, ta-oculars tubercles in frontal view (MENEZES & BRAVO 2013). This 40°58’51”W, 1 male, arm., luz, Rafael JA, Grossi EJ leg.; Maranhão: single characteristic does not match one of the main diagnostic Mirador (Parque Est. Mirador, Base da Geraldina), 06°37’25”S features of Orthoderella , which exhibit the vertex with the two 45°52’08”W, 1 male, 13-19.viii.2012, armadilha luminosa, San- juxta-ocular tubercles produced into conical postero-lateral protos LL, Pinto JS, Santos LS leg. (INPA); same data but 6 males, cesses much higher than the eyes (ROY & STIEWE 2011). Therefore, 21-26.viii.2006, armadilha luminosa, Limeira de Oliveira F leg. in Orthoderella the top of vertex is concave (in frontal view). (INPA); same data but 3 males, 07-11.ix.2007, armadilha lumi- The examination of the photograph ( Fig. 4 ) of O. caatingaensis nosa, Limeira de Oliveira F, Silva JC leg. (CZMA); same data but (Eliomar Menezes, pers. comm.), drawings of its phallic complex 1 male, 07-11.ix.2007, armadilha luminosa, Limeira de Oliveira (MENEZES & BRAVO 2013) and additional material from the same F, Silva JC leg. (INPA); same data but 8 males, 28.viii-03.ix.2008, region as the type locality established that O. caatingaensis is armadilha luminosa, Limeira de Oliveira F, leg. (CZMA); same a representative of Paraphotina . Hence we establish the new data but 11 males, 28.viii-03.ix.2008, armadilha luminosa, combination here.

Limeira de Oliveira F leg. (INPA); Mirador (Parque Est. Mirador, Perhaps, P. caatingaensis comb. nov. is the most easily Base dos Cágados), 06°48’29”S 45°06’34”W, 3 males, Limeira distinguished species of the genus. The spots on the anterior de Oliveira F, Santos AA, Lima TM leg. (CZMA); same data but coxae and the slender appearance of males are remarkable. 2 males, Limeira de Oliveira F, Santos AA, Lima TM leg. (INPA); BEIER (1942) described a female of P. caatingaensis comb. nov. Minas Gerais: Berizal (Fazenda Veradão), 15°39’54”S, 41°39’56”W, from Bahia (identified as P. reticulata ), reporting the presence 1 male, 12.xii.2012, Rafael JA, Rossi EJ leg. (INPA); Rio Grande do of spots on the anterior coxae. However, it appears that these Norte: Serra Negra do Norte, 5 males, i.2003, Varela Freire AA leg. spots are not always present in females of P. caatingaensis as (UFRN); Parnamirim (Barreira do inferno), 2 females, 20.iv.2011, opposed to males. The examined females from Rio Grande do Araujo JC leg. (UFRN). Norte ( Brazil), which came from a region where only males of Distribution. Brazil (Bahia, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Piauí, P. caatingaensis comb. nov., have been reported so far, do not Rio Grande do Norte). have these spots.

Figures

Figures 1-4. Types of Paraphotina (dorsal habitus): (1) Paraphotina reticulata (originally Cardioptera reticulata Saussure, 1871) holotype male deposited in MHNG; (2-3) Paraphotina venezuelana, (2) holotype male, (3) allotype deposited in ZSM; (4) Paraphotina caatingaensis comb. nov. (originally Orthoderella caatingaensis Menezes & Bravo, 2013) holotype male deposited in MZFS. Arrow highlights the basal spot on fore coxa. Scale bar: 10 mm. Photo of P. caatingaensis courtesy of E. Menezes (MZFS).

Figures 5-8. Males of Paraphotina (dorsal habitus): (5) P. caatingaensis from Bahia, Brazil; (6) P. insolita from Meta, Colombia; (7) P. occidentalis from Coari, Amazonas, Brazil; (8) P. reticulata from Maranhão, Brazil. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 9-12. Head of males of Paraphotina (frontal view): (9) P. caatingaensis from Bahia, Brazil; (10) P. insolita from Meta, Colombia; (11) P. occidentalis from Coari, Amazonas, Brazil; (12) P. reticulata from Maranhão, Brazil. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Figures 13-16. Pronota of males of Paraphotina (dorsal view): (13) P. caatingaensis from Bahia, Brazil; (14) P. insolita from Meta, Colombia; (15) P. occidentalis from Coari, Amazonas, Brazil; (16) P. reticulata from Maranhão, Brazil. Scale bar: 1 mm.