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Ferraz, Bernardo R. & Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B., 2025, Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia, Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20), pp. 1353-1381 : 1354-1355

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A Leica M205C auto-stacking stereomicroscope coupled with a Leica MC190 HD camera was used to photograph structures; a Canon 6D Mark II coupled with a Canon 100 mm macro lens was used to photograph specimens; and the software programs Helicon Remote and Helicon Focus 8 were used to stack photographs of specimens. Measurements were taken with the listed equipment using Leica Application Suite X software, in the Departamento de Entomologia (Entomology Department) of the MNRJ. Figures and illustrations were assembled using Adobe Photoshop 2023.

A comprehensive search was conducted on the citizen science platform iNaturalist, focusing on the vicinity of type localities of specimens herein studied, utilising the platforms’ various tools, and paying close attention to the species’ distinctive diagnostic morphological traits, especially wing patterning. A dataset including (i) label data from specimens, (ii) literature records, and (iii) observations from iNaturalist was used to elaborate a distributional map of the studied species. The distributional data was compiled and utilised to generate a map using QGIS 2.18 .10 software (www.qgis.org).