Royacanthops Moulin & Schwartz, 2023
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Moulin, N.; Schwarz, C. J. (2023). Two new genera of Acanthopidae (Mantodea) from the Amazon region, with description of a new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 2023(5): 137-161.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Mantodea
- family
- Acanthopidae
- genus
- Royacanthops
description
Male. Pronotum with lateral margins of the metazona slightly produced, forming a distinct expansion along its length; walking-leg femora with rounded genicular lobes; subapical margin of forewings with a small but distinct lobe; alae with a triangular apex; genitalia with acute bl, a sinistrally re-curved sdp, a simple, serrated afa, and a large loa consisting of two lobes. Female. Pronotum with teeth along margin of the metazona; walkingleg femora with acute genicular lobes.
diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS. — Habitus typical for the subfamily, brown, resembling a dry leaf, with a slender pronotum as in Plesiacanthops and Miracanthops. Both sexes with convex vertex and prominent, tuberculate juxtaocular bulges; frontal shield with two projections on dorsal margin; pronotum long and relatively slender, with tuberculate prozona and two pairs of stronger tubercles anterior and posterior to supracoxal sulcus, respectively; dorsal margin of forefemora with a small but distinct basal lobe; spination formula of the foreleg F = 4 DS / 15 - 19 AvS / 6 PvS; T = 17 - 22 AvS / 20 - 23 PvS; forewings with costal margin strongly sinuate; alae shorter than tegmina; abdominal tergites with remarkably large foliaceous lobes; abdominal sternites with three posterior lobes; cerci short, the last segment flattened and indented, with the outer lobe just slightly larger than the inner lobe.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil, French Guiana (Fig. 21).
etymology
ETYMOLOGY. — Taxon named after Roger Roy (MNHN), for his most valuable work on Mantodea systematics.
type_taxon
TYPE SPECIES. — Acanthops soukana Roy, 2002 by original designation.
Name
- Homonyms
- Royacanthops Moulin & Schwartz, 2023
Bibliographic References
- Moulin, N.; Schwarz, C. J. (2023). Two new genera of Acanthopidae (Mantodea) from the Amazon region, with description of a new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 2023(5): 137-161.