TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lanna, Leonardo Moutinho
A1  - Fiat, Lucas Linhares
A1  - Herculano, João Felipe
A1  - Rivera Castillo, Julio Martín
A1  - Peloso, Pedro
T1  - A new species of Microphotina Beier, 1935 from the southernmost region of Amazonia (Mantodea: Photinaidae)
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - A new species of Microphotina Beier, 1935 (Mantodea: Photinaidae: Microphotinini), Microphotina cristalino sp. nov., is described from Mato Grosso, Brazil based on two male specimens. The new species extended the distribution of Microphotina to the southern limits of the Amazon rainforest, in the Cerrado-Amazônia ecotone. A synthesis of the taxonomy, systematics, natural history, and geographic distribution of Microphotina spp. is provided, along with an updated dichotomous key to species. The hypothesis that Microphotina represents a canopy-dwelling lineage is formulated. The role of praying mantises as flagship species for insect and Amazon conservation is briefly discussed.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 870:87-106 
KW  - conservation
KW  - Microphotinini
KW  - natural history
KW  - praying mantis
KW  - species discovery
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/69659
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-696596
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2023
IS  - 870
SP  - 87
EP  - 106
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -