A new genus and species (Cornucollis gen. n. masoalensis sp n.) of praying mantis from northern Madagascar (Mantodea, Iridopterygidae, Tropidomantinae)

作者：Brannoch Sydney K^*; Svenson Gavin J

来源：ZooKeys, 2016, 556(556): 65-81.

DOI：10.3897/zookeys.556.6906

• Taxonomy
• new species
• Madagascar
• Cornucollis masoalensis
• Afrotropical

An examination of Malagasy specimens accessed within the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France, produced a praying mantis (Insecta: Mantodea) of an undescribed genus and species. An investigation of the internal and external morphology, in addition to its collection locality, revealed that this specimen belongs to the Iridopterygidae subfamily Tropidomantinae. Furthermore, the specimen's unique combination of characters justified the creation of a new genus. Geographic distributional records and external morphological character evidence are presented for Cornucollis gen. n. masoalensis sp. n. We provide a dichotomous key of the Tropidomantinae and Nilomantinae genera distributed within Madagascar. High-resolution images, illustrations of morphological characters, natural history information, and measurement data are presented.

• 出版日期2016