Rhombomantis fusca ( Lombardo, 1992 )

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 : 418

Rhombomantis fusca ( Lombardo, 1992)

( Figs. 13J–K , 15A–D )

Rhombodera fusc a Lombardo, 1992:79. Holotype (♂): Thailand, Chiang Mai, DBUC.

Hierodula brachynota Wang & Dong, 1993b: 205 . synonymized by Ehrmann & Borer; Zhu et al. 2012: 246.

Material examined. 2♂, 1♀, CHINA, Yunnan, Baoshan, Mt. Gaoligongshan , 2.ix.2018, leg. Jiang Xiao.

Measurements [in mm, ♂ (n = 2), ♀ (n = 1)]. Body length, ♂ 68.4–59.2, ♀. Pronotum length, ♂ 13.1–15.0, ♀ 18.6. Pronotum width, ♂ 6.5–7.5, ♀. Forewing length, ♂ 44.5–49.6, ♀ 61.0.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand.

Remarks. Male genitalia of this species were described by Lombardo (1992) and photographed herein ( Fig. 13 J–K ).

Ootheca ( Fig. 15A–D ) barrel-liked. The proximal end of ootheca fully encircling ( Fig. 15C–D ) or flattened ( Fig. 15A–B ) on the substrate, with the ventral surface exposed and fixing the ootheca nearly perpendicular to the substrate. External wall russet brown to dark coloured, covered with wrinkles that nearly parallel to the substrate flat. External coating easily falling off. Egg chamber opening covered with closely adhering operculum, the flaps of which form a short residual process beyond the edge of the ootheca.

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.