Stagmatoptera diana Rodrigues, sp. n.
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Henrique Miranda
name: Cancello, Eliana Marques
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Mantidae
Stagmatoptera
Stagmatoptera diana

description: Stagmatoptera diana Rodrigues, sp. n.
Male—Figures 3B, 5B, 7B, 9B, 11B, 13B–19B, 26A. Female—Figures. 4B, 6B, 8B, 10B, 12B, 20B–22B, 26B.
Stagmatoptera biocellata Saussure, 1869 in Giglio-Tos, 1914, p.32 (redesc.); in Giglio-Tos, 1927, p.598 (redesc.).
Holotype: 1♀, “Maracay, v.1934, coll. P. Vogl, (ZSM)”.
Paratype: 1♂, same data as the holotype.
Type locality. Maracay, Venezuela.
Diagnosis. Relatively broad and short prothorax, femoral internal spot extending to the 10th spine. Description. Male —Prothorax short and broad, lateral margins slightly crenulated on the prozona, smooth on the metazona. Metazona with a weakly marked central keel (Fig. 5 B). Forecoxae with 7–12 large spines, which alternate with 1–8 smaller spines (Fig. 7 B). Forefemora broad, the first three discoidal spines dark on their anterior surface; 15–17 anteroventral spines, usually 15, the first spine and all the large spines dark on their anterior surface. Anterior femoral spot extending from the femoral groove to the 10th anteroventral spine, rectangular and matte black color (Fig. 9 B). Foretibiae with 10–13 posteroventral spines, usually 12, and 15–17 anteroventral spines, usually 16; tibial spur black on the anterior surface; the tibiae have a black spot on the middle of the anterior surface (Fig. 11 B). Foretarsi with apical black spots on the anterior and posterior surface of tarsomeres I to IV. Discoidal area of the forewings with an opaque-green stripe anteriorly, gradually becoming hyaline. Spot on the stigma circular, medium sized, without reaching the middle of the discoidal area, with an anterior white spot, a posterior brown spot, in the middle, between the other two spots, a small semi-hyaline spot. Discoidal and anal area of the hindwings completely hyaline or hyaline with yellow stripes on the crossveins of their anterior halves (Fig. 26 A).
Genitalia. Left phallomere, excluding the paa, as long as wide; sclerite L4B longer than wide; paa short, angled approximately 45° from the body axis, afterwards curving to the left, apex simple, directed ventrally (Fig. 13 B); pda short, broad, flattened, sharply bent 90° to the right, compressed in two places, one after the bend, the other at the base of the apex, the latter strongly sclerotized and tapered (Fig. 16 B); afa elongated, oblique to the body axis (Fig. 14 B), right margin rugged and sinuous (Fig. 15 B), posterior apex tumid with a projection on the right margin, rugged and sclerotized, anterior apex straight, margins very sclerotized and tumid, forming a groove (Fig. 14 B); loa short, bent to the right (Fig. 14 B); membrane adjacent to afa pilous (Fig. 14 B). Right phallomere with the posterior apex rounded; bm short, with a gentle expansion on the middle (Fig. 17 B); pia short, strongly sclerotized (Figs. 18–19 B); pva short, strongly sclerotized, asymmetrical at the apex, rounded in one side and angular on the other (Fig. 19 B); an elongated, apex abruptly rounded (Fig. 18 B).
Measurements. Body length: 61.3–72; head width: 7–8.2; prozona length: 4.6–5.6; metazona length: 16.5–19.6; prothorax width: 5–6.3; forecoxae length: 11.4–14.8; forefemora length: 14.2–17.8; forefemora width: 3.3–4.1; foretibiae length: 7.3–9.9.
Ratios. Head/prothoracic-width: 1.28–1.44; metazona/prozona: 3.33–4; metazona length/prothoracic width: 3.11–3.37; metazona/forecoxae: 1.3–1.49; forefemora length/width: 4.17–4.7.
Female —Prothorax short and broad, lateral margins slightly crenulated. Metazona with a weakly marked central keel (Fig. 6 B). Forecoxae with 7–10 large spines, which alternate with 2–9 smaller spines (Fig. 8 B). Forefemora broad, the first three discoidal spines dark on their anterior surface; 15–16 anteroventral spines, usually 15, the first spine and all the large spines dark on their anterior surface. Anterior femoral spot extending from the femoral groove to the 10th anteroventral spine, rectangular and matte black color (Fig. 10 B). Foretibiae with 11–14 posteroventral spines, usually 12, and 14–17 anteroventral spines, usually 16; tibial spur green on its anterior surface, except for one exemplar that had the same dark on its anterior surface; the tibiae have a black spot on the middle of the anterior surface (Fig. 12 B). Foretarsi with apical black spots on the anterior and posterior surface of tarsomeres I to IV. Spot on stigma circular, medium sized, without reaching the middle of the discoidal area, with an anterior white spot and a posterior brown spot. Costal area of the hindwings hyaline, discoidal and anal areas hyaline with yellow stripes on the crossveins (Fig. 26 B).
Genitalia. Base of gonapophysis VIII not projecting inwards (Fig. 20 B); bv roughly triangular (Fig. 20 B), the inner surface sculpted (Fig. 21 B); ib strongly sclerotized and sculpted (Fig. 21 B); pe short, weakly sclerotized, with irregular margins (Fig. 21 B); gs weakly sclerotized, smooth (Fig. 22 B); ls roughly triangular, posterior process short, conical (Fig. 22 B).
Measurements. Body length: 72.9–91.5; head width: 9.6–10.7; prozona length: 6.6–7.6; metazona length: 22.1–26.5; prothorax width: 8.4–9.9; forecoxae length: 17.2–21.2; forefemora length: 21.4–24.4; forefemora width: 5.3–6.3; foretibiae length: 11.1–13.8.
Ratios. Head/prothoracic-width: 1.06–1.18; metazona/prozona: 3.19–3.49; metazona length/prothoracic width: 2.55–2.82; metazona/forecoxae: 1.23–1.31; forefemora length/width: 3.87–4.33.
Etymology. This speces is named after Diana, the roman goddess of hunting and the moon.
Remarks. This species seems to be associated with the Llanos from Venezuela and Colombia. This species has remained surpisingly overlooked and undescribed for long time due to long-standing confusion in the literature. Most scientists identified specimens from this species as Stagmatoptera biocellata, which Saussure (1869) described on the basis of a specimen likely collected from Brazil. However, when comparing the type specimen of S. biocellata with all the other specimens identified as such in the historical literature, it became evident that more than one species was involved.
Distribution. Colombia, Venezuela.
Examined material. COLOMBIA: Llanos del Meta, 250m, iii.1958, A. Balachowsky, 2♂ (MNHN). VENEZUELA: [Aragua], San Casimiro, Hazienda El Nigrito, Klaebisch S.G., 1♂ (ZMB). 1899, F. Geay, 1♀ (MNHN). San Fernando de Apure, Apure, viii.1923, Mayeul Grisol, 3♂ 1♀ (MNHN). Maracay, coll. P. Vogl, 3♂ (ZSM). Maracay, vii.1934, coll. P. Vogl, 1♂ (ZSM). Maracay, i-ii.1935, coll. P. Vogl, 1♀ (ZSM). Maracay, v.1936, coll. P. Vogl, 1♂ 1♀ (ZSM).
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Henrique Miranda & Cancello, Eliana Marques, 2016, Taxonomic revision of Stagmatoptera Burmeister, 1838 (Mantodea: Mantidae, Stagmatopterinae), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4183 (1) on pages 22-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4183.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/164330