Hondurantemna, Rodrigues, Henrique M., Rivera, Julio, Reid, Neil & Svenson, Gavin J., 2017

Rodrigues, Henrique M., Rivera, Julio, Reid, Neil & Svenson, Gavin J., 2017, An elusive Neotropical giant, Hondurantemnachespiritoi gen. n. & sp. n. (Antemninae, Mantidae): a new lineage of mantises exhibiting an ontogenetic change in cryptic strategy, ZooKeys 680, pp. 73-104 : 73

Hondurantemna gen. n. Figs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Type species.

Hondurantemna chespiritoi sp. n. by monotypy

Diagnosis.

Rounded compound eyes, nymphs and adult males have a medial ocellar process, subadult and adult females without the process. Forelegs with five posteroventral spines and four discoidal spines. Mid- and hindlegs with a single small lobe near the apex of the femur. Male’s forewings are hyaline with green crossveins, forewings of females with a spot close to the center of the discoidal area.

Etymology.

The generic epithet combines the words Honduras, country were the majority of specimens we studied were collected, and Antemna , in reference to the morphological similarities of both Antemninae genera.