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Issue: Vol. 1716 No. 1: 29 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1716.1.5
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 2

Review of the genus Palaeothespis Tinkham (Mantodea: Thespidae), with description of one new species

Guizhou Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025 P. R. China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Provinc, 550025 P. R. China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 10080 P. R. China
Guizhou Key Laboratory for Plant Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025 P. R. China Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Provinc, 550025 P. R. China
Mantodea Thespidae Palaeothespis new species China

Abstract

The Chinese endemic genus Palaeothespis Tinkham, 1937 (Mantodea: Thespidae: Pseudomiopteriginae: Pseudomiopterigini), containing 4 species: P. oreophilus Tinkham, 1937 (Sichuan: Kangding), P. pallidus Zhang, 1987 (Guizhou: Leishan, Daozhen, Libo and Xishui; Yunnan: Lushui), P. stictus Zhou & Shen, 1992 (Guizhou: Leishan, Daozhen; Zhejiang: Longquan), and P. leigongshanensis Ge & Chen n. sp. (Guizhou: Leishan), is reviewed here. The main morphological characteristics of P. leigongshanensis Ge & Chen n. sp. are described and illustrated. A key to all species of Palaeothespis is provided.

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