A new species and first record of Vates Burmeister, 1838 from the Atlantic Rainforest (Mantodea: Vatinae)
- A new species of praying mantis, Vates phoenix sp. nov. (Mantidae, Vatinae), is described from localities within Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states, Brazil. This is the first record of Vates from the Atlantic Rainforest biome. The new species is unique among its congeners in having, among other features, strongly reduced cuticular projections above the lateral ocelli, structures otherwise well developed and produced in all other species of Vates. Remarks on the natural history and biogeography of Vates, in relation to this new finding, are further discussed.
Author: | Julio Martín Rivera CastilloORCiD, João Felipe HerculanoORCiD, Leonardo Moutinho LannaORCiD, Sávio Cavalcante, Maria Lúcia França Teixeira |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-538624 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.598 |
ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 598 |
Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (598) |
Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Place of publication: | Paris |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2020 |
Year of first Publication: | 2020 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2020/07/23 |
Tag: | Atlantic Rainforest; Mantodea; Vatinae; natural history; new species |
Page Number: | 25 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |