https://mapress.com/zt/issue/feed 2024-04-26T11:21:22+12:00 Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang zed@mapress.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Zootaxa</strong> is a mega-journal for zoological taxonomists in the world</p> https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5445.1.1 2024-04-26T11:21:22+12:00 JIA-ZHI ZHANG richardzhangjiazhi@gmail.com BENJAMIN PRICE b.price@nhm.ac.uk

<p align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">A morphological review of the mantid genus </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Deroplatys</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Westwood, 1893 is presented. The type specimens of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Deroplatys desiccata </em></span><span lang="en-GB">Westwood, 1839, </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>D. trigonodera</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Westwood, 1889 and</span><span lang="en-GB"><em> D. rhombica</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> De Haan, 1842 are illustrated. The holotype of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>D. angustata</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Westwood, 1841 has been rediscovered in the NHM collection and the description of the external morphology and male genitalia are provided. </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Deroplatys horrifica </em></span><span lang="en-GB">Westwood, 1889 is now a new synonym of</span><span lang="en-GB"><em> D. lobata</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Guérin-Méneville, 1838). Three new species namely </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Deroplatys kinabaluensis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> sp. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB">,</span><span lang="en-GB"><em> Deroplatys nebula</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>sp. nov. </strong></span><span lang="en-GB">and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Deroplatys xuzhengfai </em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>sp. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> are described and illustrated. New identification keys were generated for both sexes. The distribution of the genus </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Deroplatys </em></span><span lang="en-GB">species is discussed and mapped.</span></span></span></span></p>

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