A new species of 
  
    Margaromantis
  
 Piza, 1982 (
  Insecta
: 
  Mantodea
) from Brazil

Eliomar Menezes

doi:10.3897/bdj.3.e4343

A new species of Margaromantis Piza, 1982 ( Insecta : Mantodea ) from Brazil

Citation

Menezes E (2015). A new species of Margaromantis Piza, 1982 ( Insecta : Mantodea ) from Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e4343 accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-12-17.

Description

A second species of the Neotropical mantid genus Margaromantis Piza, 1982, Margaromantis nigrolineata sp. n. is described from Bahia, Brazil. This new species can be recognized by the presence of a transverse black strip between compound eyes in the vertex; fore femora exhibiting black calluses on the inner face; lacking yellowish strips over the transverse veins on the metathoracic wings; left dorsal phallomere with rectangular ventral lamina, elongated and grooved lateral process, and a flattened, but not twisted apical process that is upwardly recurved.

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Eliomar Menezes
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Feira de Santana
BR
email: mazinhomenezes@hotmail.com

Eliomar Menezes
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Feira de Santana
BR
email: mazinhomenezes@hotmail.com

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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Feira de Santana
BR
email: mazinhomenezes@hotmail.com