Toxodera fimbriata Werner, 1930

Unnahachote, T., Samung, Y., Waengsothorn, S. & Jaitrong, W., 2019, New records of praying mantis (Mantodea) from Thailand, Far Eastern Entomologist 395, pp. 23-32 : 30

Toxodera fimbriata Werner, 1930

Figs 9 , 12 , 17

Toxodera fimbriata Werner, 1930: 9 . Type locality: INDONESIA, Sumatra (NHRS, holotype male).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Thailand: Narathiwat province, Wang District, Loh Jood

Subdistrict, Hala-Bala Wildlife Research Station, 23.III 2018, 1 male (THNHM-I-11230,

THNHM), W. Jaitrong leg.

DIAGNOSIS. Adult male. Head triangular, compound eye conical with a spine-like projection; metazona in profile view, relatively long, strongly curved up, dorsal outline of metazona with dense denticles; posterodorsal angle of metazona in profile view, with long and recurved spine (black arrow in fig.12); middle femur and hind femur with large lobes,

their posteroventral margin shredded; femora with distinct projection apically; wings not reaching abdominal tergite 5th, costal area of forewing and hide wing with yellowish-brown opaque and translucent brown respectively; abdomen slender, abdominal tergite 5th with large medial lobe; cerci long and flat: apical cercomere in profile view with two lobes, the lower lobe clearly narrower and longer than the upper one. Male genitalia. Right phallomere,

with pilosity field, pva with well develop projection covered with pilosity, fda elongate.

Ventral phallomere, sdp elongated, curved to right side, posterior margin strongly concave apically, apex well sclerotized. Left phallomere, aafa widely separated from pafa a well sclerotized and strongly curved projection, pafa is a well sclerotized spine, loa pilose, paa of hook-like shape.

DISTRIBUTION. Thailand (new record). – Myanmar, Borneo, West Malaysia, Sumatra

(Roy, 2009).

REMARK. Currently four species of the genus have been recorded from Thailand (Roy,

2009) and we record the 5th species for this country. This species is characterized by follow characters: 1) metazona in profile view, strongly curved up; 2) dorsal outline of metazona with dense denticles.

Figures

Figs 7–9. Praying mantis, male body, dorsal view. 7 – Paratoxodera meggitti; 8 – Steno-

Figs 10–12. Praying mantis, male body, lateral view. 10 – Paratoxodera meggitti; 11 – Stenotoxodera porioni; 12 – Toxodera fimbriata.

Figs 13–17. Male genitalia, ventral view. 13 – Didymocorypha lanceolata; 14 – Para-