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6B2B87B3FF9C6A47FE5FFB0BB6CA8607.text	6B2B87B3FF9C6A47FE5FFB0BB6CA8607.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amorphoscelis Stal 1871	<div><p>Genus Amorphoscelis Stål, 1871</p> <p>(Figures 1–10)</p> <p>Amorphoscelis Stål, 1871: 401; Saussure,1872: 7; Wood-Mason,1882: 21; Giglio-Tos 1913: 27; Giglio-Tos 1914: 27; Giglio-Tos 1927: 20; Roy, 1962: 667–709; Roy, 1965: 267; Ragge and Roy, 1967: 586; Balderson, 1984: 3; Ehrmann 2002: 60–63; Roy 2011: 65–92; Schwarz and Roy 2019: 112, 132, 135.</p> <p>Type species. Amorphoscelis annulicornis Stål, 1871</p> <p>Diagnosis. Small-sized and dorso-ventrally flattened, species of this genus are known to be bark-dwelling. Head wider than pronotum, with prominent, juxtaocular bulges; compound eyes globular, possessing 3 ocelli. Lower frons narrow, arched, with sinuate dorsal margin. Antennae filiform, very long, longer than body length. Pronotum small, short, longer than wide, with uneven dorsal surface and curved lateral edges. Fore coxae smooth. Fore femur possessing 1 discoidal spine, without anteroventral spines. Fore tibiae only with 1 tibial spur. Fore tarsus longer than fore tibiae. Both sexes winged. Meso- and metathoracic femora robust. Male abdomen long, narrow. Male supra-anal plate (tergite 10) transverse, triangular. Last segment of cerci of male and female greatly enlarged and flattened. Subgenital plate of male (sternite 9) bears styli.</p> <p>Four species groups are distributed in Indo-Malaysia (Roy 2011). The annulicornis species group, including A. chinensis, A. hainana, A. xueshani sp. nov. and A. singaporana, has been recorded from China. In the annulicornis group, the apical process of the male genitalia bears a large pointed lateral extension (Figure 5 (e,h)) and the ventral phallomere always possesses two extensions on the left side. The borneana species group, represented by A. guaduna sp. nov., is newly recorded from China herein. In the borneana group, the apical process of the male genitalia does not bear a lateral extension, but the ventral phallomere possesses two pointed extensions fused on the left side.</p> <p>Key to groups of Amorphoscelis from Indo-Malaya (translated from Roy 2011, p. 66)</p> <p>1. Apical process (titillator) bearing a large pointed lateral extension (Figure 5 (e,h)); ventral phallomere always with two extensions on the left side annulicornis group</p> <p>- Apical process (titillator) without lateral extension (Figure 5 (k))..................................... 2</p> <p>2. Ventral phallomere with two pointed extensions contiguous on the left side, the right side with or without denticulations................................................................ borneana group</p> <p>- Ventral phallomere with a single extension on the left side, right side with rounded lobe........................................................................................................................................................... 3</p> <p>3. Ventral phallomere with prolongation of the left side pointed and with another pointed extension directed to the right in the central position........ reticulata group</p> <p>- Ventral phallomere with only the extension on the left side, pointed or not.......................................................................................................................................................... philippina group</p> <p>Key to species of Amorphoscelis Stål from China</p> <p>1. Apical process without lateral extension (Figure 5 (k)), juxtaocular bulge of vertex rounded (Figure 4 (h)).................................................................................. A. guaduna sp. nov.</p> <p>- Apical process bearing a large, sharp lateral extension (Figure 5 (e)), juxtaocular bulge tapered (Figure 4 (a))........................................................................................................................... 2</p> <p>2. Ventral phallomere with vestigial lateral secondary distal process (Figure 6 (f))................................................................................................................................................ A. xueshani sp. nov.</p> <p>- Ventral phallomere with pointed lateral secondary distal process (Figure 5 (b))....... 3</p> <p>3. Median secondary distal process of the ventral phallomere swollen before its distal tip (Figure 6 (b))................................................................................................................ A. singaporana</p> <p>- Median secondary distal process of the ventral phallomere gradually tapering (Figure 5(b,g))....................................................................................................................................................... 4</p> <p>4. Overall colouration dark, male cercal length more than 2.6 mm................ A. chinensis</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B2B87B3FF9C6A47FE5FFB0BB6CA8607	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Wu, Chao;Liu, Chun-Xiang	Wu, Chao, Liu, Chun-Xiang (2021): The genus Amorphoscelis Stål (Mantodea: Amorphoscelidae) from China, with description of two new species and one newly recorded species. Journal of Natural History 55 (3 - 4): 189-204, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441
6B2B87B3FF9E6A41FE2AFF15B3AB851D.text	6B2B87B3FF9E6A41FE2AFF15B3AB851D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amorphoscelis chinensis Tinkham 1937	<div><p>Amorphoscelis chinensis Tinkham, 1937</p> <p>(Figures 1 (a,b), 2(a,b), 3(a,b), 4(a–c,j–l), 5(a–e), 8, 10)</p> <p>Amorphoscelis chinensis Tinkham, 1937: 484; Roy 1966b: 263–264; Wang 1993: 27–28; Ehrmann 2002: 61; Roy 2011: 70–71; Zhu et al. 2012: 35.</p> <p>Amorphoscelis stellulata Yang &amp; Wang, 1999: 75–76; Roy 2011: 72. (Type locality: China- Fujian-Putian) syn. nov.</p> <p>Amorphoscelis phaesoma Yang &amp; Wang, 1999: 76–77; Amorphoscelis phaeosoma Roy, 2011: 72–73 (Type locality: China-Fujian-Longyan) syn. nov.</p> <p>Type locality. China (Guangdong Province: Lianzhou).</p> <p>Examined specimens. CHINA: 1 ♀; Guangdong, Guangzhou; 2 December 2009; Xie Zhang leg. (CCW). 1 ♂; Guangdong, Qingyuan; 22 May 2014; Chao Wu leg. (CCW). 1 female; Guangdong, Chebaling Mt.; 23 September 1999 (SYSU). 1 ♂; Guangdong, Fengkai, Heishiding Mt.; July 1999 (SYSU). 4 ♂; Guangdong, Heshan; 22~ 24 April 2002; Hai-Dong Chen leg. (SYSU). 4 ♂; Jiangsu, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=118.84094&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.04169" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 118.84094/lat 32.04169)">Nanjing</a>; 32.04169°N, 118.84094°E; 23 m; 26 August 2014; Chao Wu leg. (CCW). 1 ♀; ditto; 6 September 2014; Lei Xia leg. (CJZ). 3 ♂; ditto; Chao Wu leg. (CCW). 1 ♂; ditto; 20 August 2013; Hai-Tian Song leg. (IZCAS). 1 ♀; Jiangsu, Nanjing, Weigang; 20 August 1987; Yu Zhang leg. (CCW). 1 female; Zhejiang, Hangzhou; 1 November 2010; Li Jin leg. (CLJ). 1 ♂; Henan, Luoshan, Dongzhai; 28 August 2006; Shu-Min Zhou leg. (CCW). 1 ♂; Henan, Dabieshan Mt.; August 2006; Liang Ding leg. (CCW). 1 ♀; Fujian, Fenggangli; 21 September 1947; Xiu-Fu Zhao leg. (Allotype of Amorphoscelis stellulata Yang) (CAU) (Figure 10 (a)). 1 ♂; Fujian, Putian; 24 September 1979; Fan Jiang leg. (Holotype of Amorphoscelis stellulata Yang) (CAU) (Figure 10 (b)). 1 ♂; Fujian, Longyan; 25 September 1989; Fan Jiang leg. (Holotype of Amorphoscelis phaesoma Yang) (CAU) (Figure 10 (c)).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Relatively large-sized species, juxtaocular bulge tapered. Median secondary distal process of ventral phallomere highly developed, slightly curved, gradually tapering to a sharp apex; lateral secondary distal process small, sharp, and turning to the right (Figure 5 (a–e)).</p> <p>Measurements (mm). Body length: male 20.60–20.80, female 25.12–25.20; pronotum length: male 2.26–2.29, female 2.72–2.78; length of fore femora: male 3.30–3.35, female 3.95–3.40; length of middle femora: male 5.39–5.43, female 5.77–5.82; length of hind femora: male 5.95–6.00, female 6.65–6.71; length of tegmina: male 17.89–18.02, female 18.68–18.80; length of cerci: male 2.66–2.74. female 2.69–2.80; head width: male 4.59–- 4.62, female 5.84–5.90.</p> <p>Notes. Ootheca is small, about 5–7 mm long, with a slender residual process, filamentous, and laid in crevices of tree bark (Figure 8 (b)). There are about 6– 8 eggs in an ootheca. In Nanjing, the Amorphoscelis chinensis has been observed to prey on the Crematogaster sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the tree trunk, implying that it may be monophagous.</p> <p>Discussion. The holotype of A. chinensis was originally kept in Ling’Nan Natural History Survey and Museum (Tinkham 1937) and might have been transferred to Sun Yat-sen University at some point. However, we could not locate the specimen when examining mantis material in the university collections. After comparing the structures of the male genitalia of topotypes with a photograph of the male genitalia (Svenson 2014) of one paratype that was collected from Yunnan and deposited in the Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA, we think all of these specimens are conspecific due to similarity in the shape of the male genitalia.</p> <p>A comparison of specimens of A. chinensis Tinkham with the type of A. stellulata and the type of A. phaesoma reveals that there are no striking differences in the shape of the genitalia among these species, despite variation in colouration, linear morphometric measurements and male cercal shape (Figure 4 (a–c,j–l)).Thus, we propose that A. stellulata and A. phaesoma are actually synonyms of A. chinensis. Roy (2011) also reported a record of A. stellulata from Hangzhou, which should now be regarded as a record of A. chinensis.</p> <p>Distribution. China (Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Guangxi); Vietnam (Roy 2011). Amorphoscelis chinensis Tinkham may be distributed in Nanjing, Jiangsu (32.04°N), which is currently the northernmost limit of the Chinese distribution for the genus Amorphoscelis.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B2B87B3FF9E6A41FE2AFF15B3AB851D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Wu, Chao;Liu, Chun-Xiang	Wu, Chao, Liu, Chun-Xiang (2021): The genus Amorphoscelis Stål (Mantodea: Amorphoscelidae) from China, with description of two new species and one newly recorded species. Journal of Natural History 55 (3 - 4): 189-204, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441
6B2B87B3FF996A40FE34FA06B070837F.text	6B2B87B3FF996A40FE34FA06B070837F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amorphoscelis hainana Yang 2002	<div><p>Amorphoscelis hainana Yang, 2002</p> <p>(Figures 1 (c), 3(c), 4(f), 5(f–h))</p> <p>Amorphoscelis hainana Yang, 2002: 59; Roy 2011: 73; Zhu et al. 2012: 35.</p> <p>Type locality. China (Hainan Island: Qiongzhong).</p> <p>Examined specimens. CHINA: 1 ♂ (holotype); Hainan, Qiongzhong; 20 May 1963; Io Chou leg. (CAU). 1 ♂; Hainan, Ledong, Jianfengling Mt.; 18.74391°N, 108.84336°E; 981 m;</p> <p>15 May 2009; Xin-Lei Huang leg. (IZCAS). 1 ♂; Hainan, Ledong, Jianfengling Mt.; 18.73346° N, 108.83850°E; 800 m; 5 May 2008; Qi-Fei Liu leg. (CCW).</p> <p>Male measurements (mm). Body length: 20.40–20.45; length of pronotum: 2.15–2.19; length of fore femora: 3.25–3.30; length of middle femora: 5.25–5.30; length of hind femora: 5.80–5.85; length of tegmina: 17.10–17.20; length of cerci: 2.40–2.45; head width: 4.55–4.58.</p> <p>Notes. Generally,the genitalia and overall appearance of A. hainana are very similar to those of A. chinensis (Figure 3 (c)). Amorphoscelis hainana differs from A. chinensis by its smaller size and paler colouration and by the morphology of the male genitalia (Yang 2002). According to the descriptions of Yang (2002) and Roy (2011), the male genitalia of this species bears a sharp lateral extension of the apical process of the left phallomere and a small peak on the extension. However,we did not observe this feature after dissecting two topotypic specimens from Hainan (Figure 5 (h)). Examination of more A. hainana topotypes is necessary to clarify the variation of the male genitalia and its relationship with other congeners.</p> <p>Distribution. China (Hainan Island).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B2B87B3FF996A40FE34FA06B070837F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Wu, Chao;Liu, Chun-Xiang	Wu, Chao, Liu, Chun-Xiang (2021): The genus Amorphoscelis Stål (Mantodea: Amorphoscelidae) from China, with description of two new species and one newly recorded species. Journal of Natural History 55 (3 - 4): 189-204, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441
6B2B87B3FF986A43FE00FCE2B28584B4.text	6B2B87B3FF986A43FE00FCE2B28584B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amorphoscelis xueshani Wu and Liu 2021	<div><p>Amorphoscelis xueshani Wu and Liu sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figures 1 (e), 3(e,h), 4(d), 5(m), 6(e–h))</p> <p>Type material. Holotype: CHINA: 1 ♂; Tibet, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.46829&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.58323" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.46829/lat 29.58323)">Medog</a>; 29.58323°N, 95.46829°E; 1396 m; 20 July 2014; Chao Wu leg. (IZCAS). Paratypes: CHINA: 2 ♂; Tibet, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.46829&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.58323" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.46829/lat 29.58323)">Medog</a>; 29.58323°N, 95.46829°E; 1396 m. 21 July 2014, Chao Wu leg. (CCW). 1 ♂; Tibet, Medog, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.31611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=29.33452" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.31611/lat 29.33452)">Dexing</a>; 29.33452°N, 95.31611°E; 818 m; 26 August 2013; Wen-Xuan Bi leg. (IZCAS).</p> <p>Description. Male. Head large, wider than pronotum; compound eyes rounded and protuberant, ocelli bulging, the lateral ocelli oval and larger than the medial ocellus; lower frons panhandled. Juxtaocular bulges conical, with blunt tips. Antennae filiform, very long. Pronotum short, inverted trapezoidal, covered in setae; lateral pronotal expansion rounded; metazone longer than prozone, with uneven dorsal surface and curved lateral margins. Fore femora robust and pilose, with 1 short discoidal spine; tibiae short, bending, smooth and swollen in the middle; tarsi much longer than tibiae, meta-basitarsi much longer than total length of other segments. Fore wings nearly hyaline, long, surpassing apical margin of the abdominalia; narrow, semi-hyaline costal area with many forked veins, external margin of costal area with some short setae (Figure 1 (e)). Fore wings with a large, wedge-shaped stripe, discoidal and anal area hyaline. Hind wings hyaline. Middle and hind legs robust, with setae, but without serrature. Abdomen slender, subgenital plate trapezoidal, unnotched, with styli. Last segment of cerci oblong, flat and wide (Figure 5 (m)).</p> <p>Genitalia. Median secondary distal process of ventral phallomere highly developed, sinuous and swollen before its distal tip; lateral secondary distal process of ventral phallomere vestigial (Figure 6 (g)). Apical process of left phallomere possessing a small peak on the side (Figure 6 (f,g)).</p> <p>Colouration. When alive, body yellowish-brown, with irregular brown spots. Antennae testaceous, lower frons blackish; antennae brownish, each segment light-coloured at base. Fore coxae tawny, ringed; fore femora and fore tibiae red-brown, area near femoral brush brown on inner surface. Meso- and metathoracic femora pale reddish brown. Meso- and metathoracic tibiae and tarsi fulvous, ringed. Fore wings nearly hyaline, with a large, wedge-shaped, brown stripe in basal and medial portion and several small brown spots in distal part; discoidal and anal area hyaline; narrow semi-hyaline costal area brown. Hind wings hyaline, with brown costal area (Figure 1 (e)). Ventral surface of abdomen black and glossy. Cerci darkish brown, each segment light-coloured at base. Genitalia strongly pigmented.</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Male measurements (mm). (Holotype in parentheses): body length: 21.52–21.60 (21.58); length of pronotum: 2.43–2.50 (2.46); length of fore femora: 3.10–3.15 (3.12); length of middle femora: 5.40–5.43 (5.42); length of hind femora: 6.05–6.10 (6.08); length of tegmina: 20.95–21.10 (21.08); length of cerci: 2.74–2.80 (2.76); head width: 4.54–4.58 (4.56).</p> <p>Discussion. This new species is distinctive in its large size, fore wing with large stains, and unique genital structure. The new species resembles A. singaporana in the median secondary distal process of the ventral phallomere, which is highly developed, sinuous, and swollen before its tip, but differs in that it does not feature the lateral secondary distal process of the ventral phallomere (Figure 6 (f)).</p> <p>Distribution. China (Tibet: Medog).</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after the senior author’s grandfather Xue-Shan Wu.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B2B87B3FF986A43FE00FCE2B28584B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Wu, Chao;Liu, Chun-Xiang	Wu, Chao, Liu, Chun-Xiang (2021): The genus Amorphoscelis Stål (Mantodea: Amorphoscelidae) from China, with description of two new species and one newly recorded species. Journal of Natural History 55 (3 - 4): 189-204, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441
6B2B87B3FF9B6A4DFF6EFAB4B34D86BB.text	6B2B87B3FF9B6A4DFF6EFAB4B34D86BB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amorphoscelis singaporana Giglio-Tos 1915	<div><p>Amorphoscelis singaporana Giglio-Tos, 1915 – New records from China</p> <p>(Figures 1 (d), 2(c), 3(d,g), 4(e,i), 5(l), 6(a–d))</p> <p>Amorphoscelis singaporana Giglio-Tos, 1915: 32; Giglio-Tos 1927: 30; Roy 1967: 262; Mukherjee et al. 1995: 206; Ehrmann 2002: 62; Roy 2011: 70.</p> <p>Type locality. Singapore.</p> <p>Examined specimens. CHINA: 1 ♂; Yunnan, Yingjiang, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=97.57113&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.72103" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 97.57113/lat 24.72103)">Nabang</a>; 24.72103°N, 97.57113°E; 253 m; 10 May 2013; Chao Wu leg. (IZCAS). 8 ♂; Yunnan, Yingjiang, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=97.82619&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.08112" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 97.82619/lat 24.08112)">Ruili</a>; 24.08112°N, 97.82619°E; 1222 m; 5~ 15 September 2014; Xiao-Dong Yang leg. (IZCAS). 1 ♂; Yunnan, Yingjiang, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=97.82619&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.08112" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 97.82619/lat 24.08112)">Ruili</a>; 24.08112°N, 97.82619°E; 1222 m; 4 May 2013; Chao Wu leg. (CCW). 1 ♂; Yunnan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=100.45&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.96" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 100.45/lat 21.96)">Menghai</a>; 21.96°N, 100.45°E; 1200 m; October 1981 (KIZAS). THAILAND: 1 ♀;</p> <p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.43111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.15417" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.43111/lat 18.15417)">ChiangMai</a>; 18.15417°N, 98.43111°E; 782 m; 5 July 2014; Lu-Yu Wang leg. (CCW). 1 ♂; INDONESIA: Java; 300 m; August 2016 (IZCAS).</p> <p>Redescription. Medium-sized. Juxtaocular bulge of vertex tapered. Fore wings nearly hyaline; costal area semi-hyaline, with some brownish patches; discoidal and anal areas hyaline, with a separate brownish patch in basal and medial part of discoidal area (Figure 1 (d)). Median secondary distal process of ventral phallomere highly developed, sinuous and swollen before its distal tip; lateral secondary distal process of ventral phallomere small, sharp, turning to right (Figure 6 (a–d)).</p> <p>Measurements (mm). Body length: male 19.50–19.65, female 22.76; length of pronotum: male 2.20–2.24, female 2.65; length of fore femora: male 3.10–3.15, female 3.34; length of middle femora: male 4.90–4.95, female 5.35; length of hind femora: male 5.81–5.85,</p> <p>female 6.30; length of tegmina: male 16.11–16.40, female 17.84; length of cerci: male 2.06–2.14, female 2.51; width of head: male 3.82–3.87, female 5.62.</p> <p>Distribution. China (Yunnan); Singapore; Malaysia; India (Assam); Vietnam; Thailand; Sumatra.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B2B87B3FF9B6A4DFF6EFAB4B34D86BB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Wu, Chao;Liu, Chun-Xiang	Wu, Chao, Liu, Chun-Xiang (2021): The genus Amorphoscelis Stål (Mantodea: Amorphoscelidae) from China, with description of two new species and one newly recorded species. Journal of Natural History 55 (3 - 4): 189-204, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441
6B2B87B3FF946A49FE00FCDCB2AE85B5.text	6B2B87B3FF946A49FE00FCDCB2AE85B5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amorphoscelis guaduna Wu and Liu 2021	<div><p>Amorphoscelis guaduna Wu and Liu sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figures 1 (f), 3(f), 4(g,h), 5(i,k,p))</p> <p>Type material. Holotype: CHINA: 1 ♂; Fujian, Guadun, Wuyishan Mt.; 1200 m; 19 August 2004; Da-Kang Zhou leg. (IZCAS).</p> <p>Description. Male. General appearance similar to congener. Head large, wider than pronotum; compound eye rounded and protuberant; 3 ocelli large and bulging, lateral ocelli larger than medial ocellus. Juxtaocular bulges hemispherical, obtuse, not mucronate (Figure 4 (h)). Antennae filiform, surpassing apex of abdomen. Pronotum short, longer than wide, inverted trapezoidal and pilose; Front edge straight, wider than arcshaped trailing edge, with curved lateral edges. Fore femora robust, pilose, with 1 short discoidal spine; tibiae short, bending and swollen in the middle, without spines; tarsi much longer than tibiae, meta-basitarsi much longer than total length of following segments. Fore wings nearly hyaline, narrow semi-hyaline costal area, with hyaline discoidal and anal-area. Fore wings slightly longer than margin of abdominalia. Hind wings hyaline, iridescent, with semi-hyaline costal area. Middle and hind leg robust, without spines but with hairs, meta-basitarsus much longer than total length of following segments. Abdomen slender, subgenital plate trapezoidal, unnoticed, with styli. Cerci long, hairy; last segment oblong, entire, without incision (Figure 5 (p)).</p> <p>Genitalia. Median secondary distal process and lateral secondary distal process of ventral phallomere closely neighbouring, slightly curved, sharp (Figure 5 (j)). Apical process of left phallomere simple, without a small peak on lateral side (Figure 5 (i–k)).</p> <p>Colouration. Generally tawny with brown spots. Antennae brownish, with light-coloured base at each segment, and brownish lower frons. Fore coxae tawny, fore femora and fore tibiae brown with dark brownish area near femoral brush with inner surface; middle and hind femora pale brown, middle and hind tibia and all tarsi fulvous. Fore wings nearly hyaline with small brown spots, narrow semi-hyaline costal area brown, longitudinal veins with sporadical brownish spots, discoidal and anal areas hyaline; hind wings hyaline, with brown costal area (Figure 1 (f)). Ventral surface of abdomen brown and glossy. Cerci brownish, each segment light-coloured at base. Genitalia strongly pigmented.</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Male measurements (mm). Body length: 16.82; length of pronotum: 1.71; length of fore femora: 3.35; length of middle femora: 5.20; length of hind femora: 5.75; length of tegmina: 18.50; length of cerci: 2.40; head width: 3.68.</p> <p>Discussion. The new species is distinctive due to its hemispherical juxtaocular bulge and features of the male genitalia. Additionally, the male cerci of the new species are larger than those of the other species.</p> <p>This species has a unique head; that is, the juxtaocular bulge is hemispherical and obtuse, whereas it is conical in other Chinese species. Taking into account the head characteristics and the species distribution, a female specimen that was identified as A. phaesoma Yang from Kuatun (i.e. Wuyishan-Guadun) by Roy (2011) might in fact be A. guaduna sp. nov. To be certain, we are awaiting the examination of more specimens collected from the type locality.</p> <p>Distribution. China (Fujian).</p> <p>Etymology. The species is named after the type locality, Guadun, in Fujian Province, China.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B2B87B3FF946A49FE00FCDCB2AE85B5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Wu, Chao;Liu, Chun-Xiang	Wu, Chao, Liu, Chun-Xiang (2021): The genus Amorphoscelis Stål (Mantodea: Amorphoscelidae) from China, with description of two new species and one newly recorded species. Journal of Natural History 55 (3 - 4): 189-204, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1900441
