Title
A new species and first record of vates burmeister, 1838 from the atlantic rainforest (Mantodea: Vatinae)
Date Issued
28 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Abstract
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.
Start page
1
End page
25
Volume
2020
Issue
598
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85078849353
Source
European Journal of Taxonomy
Sponsor(s)
We are thankful to all individuals that provided sustained support to the “Projeto Mantis” team (JFH, LML and SC) during different stages of this study, especially our art director Lvcas Fiat. Paulo Ormindo accurately executed the scientific illustration of the new species (Fig. 8), whereas Eduardo Oyague (Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad, Lima, Peru) kindly prepared the distributional map (Fig. 9). Catia Mello Patiu and Pedro Dias facilitated the loan of Vates specimens deposited at the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, right on time before the massive fire that destroyed the entire Mantodea collection along with the rest of the Museu Nacional’s historical holdings in 2018. Special thanks go to Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro for facilitating the work of JFH,...
We are thankful to all individuals that provided sustained support to the ?Projeto Mantis? team (JFH, LML and SC) during different stages of this study, especially our art director Lvcas Fiat. Paulo Ormindo accurately executed the scientific illustration of the new species (Fig. 8), whereas Eduardo Oyague (Centro de Ornitolog?a y Biodiversidad, Lima, Peru) kindly prepared the distributional map (Fig. 9). Catia Mello Patiu and Pedro Dias facilitated the loan of Vates specimens deposited at the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, right on time before the massive fire that destroyed the entire Mantodea collection along with the rest of the Museu Nacional?s historical holdings in 2018. Special thanks go to Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Bot?nico do Rio de Janeiro for facilitating the work of JFH,...
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