Hierodula patellifera Serville, 1839

Liu, Qin-Peng, Liu, Zi-Jun, Wang, Guo-Li & Yin, Zi-Xu, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the praying mantis subfamily Hierodulinae of China (Mantodea: Mantidae), Zootaxa 4951 (3), pp. 401-433 : 411-412

Hierodula patellifera Serville, 1839

( Figs. 13A–B , 15I–J, P )

Hierodula patellifera Serville, 1839: 185 . Holotype (♂): Indonesia, Java, MNHN.

Hierodula bipapilla Serville, 1839: 189 . synonymized by Hebard 1920:58.

Hierodula manillensis Saussure, 1870: 233 . synonymized by Hebard 1920: 58.

Hierodula raptoria Stål, 1877 b: 38 . synonymized by Giglio-Tos 1927: 447–448.

Hierodula dispar Kirby, 1900: 146 . synonymized by Giglio-Tos 1927: 448.

Hierodula saussurei Kirby, 1904b: 245 . synonymized by Hebard 1920: 58.

Hierodula xishaensis Wang, 1993: 140 . synonymized by Wang 2020.

Hierodula daqingshanensis Wang, 1993: 141 . synonymized by Wang 2020.

Hierodula multispina Wang, 1993: 141 . synonymized by Wang 2020.

Hierodula yunnanensis Wang, 1993: 137 . synonymized by Wang 2020.

Hierodula assamensis Mukherjee, 1995: 185 . synonymized by Mukherjee 2014: 4.

Material examined. 2♂, 2♀, CHINA, Shandong, Qingdao, Laoshan, Beijiushui , 36°12’54’’N, 120°36’04’’E, alt. 422m, 1.vii.2019, leg. Qinpeng Liu.

Measurements [in mm, ♂ (n = 2), ♀ (n = 2)]. Body length, ♂ 52.9, ♀ 59.6. Pronotum length, ♂ 15.7, ♀ 17.3. Pronotum width, ♂ 6.3, ♀ 7.4. Forewing length, ♂ 44.5, ♀ 40.7.

Distribution. China (Hebei, Beijing, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan); India; Indonesia (Java); Japan; Korea; Malaysia; New Guinea; Philippines; Sumba-W. Introduced to Hawaii (Big Island) ( Schwarz et al., 2018a).

Remarks. H. patellifera , as currently understood, is a complex consisting of more than one species ( Schwarz et al. 2018a), with unclear limits of morphological variation, causing the long list of synonyms of this species. Wang et al. (2020a) added four Chinese species: H. yunnanensis Wang, 1993 , H. xishaensis Wang, 1993 , H. multispina Wang, 1993 and H. daqingshanensis Wang, 1993 as junior synonyms of H. patellifera .

Male genitalia ( Fig. 13A–B ) of specimens studied herein do not differ from those present in Wang et al. (2020a).

Ootheca ( Fig. 15I–J, P ) can be either barrel-like or rectangular. External wall dark brown, with white or beige external coating firmly cemented to it. Each egg chamber with delimited boundary, visible in the lateral view as longitudinal ridges that are arranged in parallel. Each single emergence area with flexible operculum that closes its corresponding opening, forming a short residual process.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Male genitalia of Chinese Hierodulinae. A–B. Hierodula patellifera. C–D. Hierodula maculata. E–F. Hierodula tenuidentata. G–I. R. longipennis. G. Ventral phallomere; H. left phallomere; I. right phallomere. J–K. Rhombomantis fusca. L–M. Mekongomantis quinquespinosa.

FIGURE 15. Ootheca of Hierodulinae from China (except T–U. Hierodula membranacea from India). A–D. Rhombomantis fusca. E–H. R. longipennis. I–J. Hierodula patellifera (Xishuangbanna, Yunnan). K–L. Hierodula tenuidentata. M–N. Hierodula pistillinota. O. Hierodula maculata. P. Hierodula patellifera (Qingdao, Shandong). Q. Mekongomantis quinquespinosa. R–S. Hierodula confusa.