First Report of Hestiasula castetsi (Bolivar, 1897) from Kerala, India with Description of Unique Male Specimens (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae: Acromantinae)

Authors

  • P. M. Sureshan
     Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala − 673006, West Bengal
  • Parbati Chatterjee
     Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar Evening College, Kolkata − 700006, West Bengal
  • Tushar Kanti Mukherjee
     65A/6, Swinhoe Lane, Kolkata − 700042, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/132544

Keywords:

Genital Complex, Hestiasula castetsi, Male Description.

Abstract

The praying mantid species Hestiasula castetsi Bolivar (1897) belonging to the family Hymenopodidae is reported for the first time from Kerala, India with the description of the unique male. Two male specimens were collected from the Aralam Wildlife sanctuary of Kannur district, Kerala located in the southern Western Ghats. This species is diagnosed by the general form, by the very different form of frontal sclerite, wings and prolonged titillator of the genital. The genital of this species is quite unique and hence its placement under genus Hestiasula needs future research.

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Tushar Kanti Mukherjee, 65A/6, Swinhoe Lane, Kolkata − 700042, West Bengal

Retired from Presidency University, Kolkata

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2020-03-31

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Sureshan, P. M., Chatterjee, P., & Mukherjee, T. K. (2020). First Report of <I>Hestiasula castetsi</I> (Bolivar, 1897) from Kerala, India with Description of Unique Male Specimens (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae: Acromantinae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), 59–63. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/132544

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