Cornucollis, Brannoch, Sydney K. & Svenson, Gavin J., 2016

Brannoch, Sydney K. & Svenson, Gavin J., 2016, A new genus and species (Cornucollis gen. n. masoalensis sp. n.) of praying mantis from northern Madagascar (Mantodea, Iridopterygidae, Tropidomantinae), ZooKeys 556, pp. 65-81 : 71

Taxon classification Animalia Mantodea Iridopterygidae

Cornucollis gen. n.

Etymology.

We name the genus for the horn-like projections that extend from the lateral cervical sclerites of the cervical region.

Diagnosis.

Compound eyes conical; cranial vertex concave with slight juxtaocular bulges. Ventral cervical sclerite present, arcuate; lateral cervical sclerites with blunted, horn-like mediolateral projection directed laterad. Pronotum relatively broad anteriorly but narrowly tapered in the posterior half of the metazone; pronotum with slight lateral cuticular expansions; pronotal medial keel distinctly elevated, traversing the entire length of the pronotum. Forefemora with 4 posteroventral spines and 3 discoidal spines; foretibial posteroventral spines procumbent.

Type species.

Cornucollis masoalensis sp. n. here described.