Angela guianensis Rehn, 1906

Schwarz, Christian J., Ehrmann, Reinhard, Stiewe, Martin B. D., Mörtter, Rolf & Falkenberg, Michael, 2020, Mantodea of Panguana (Insecta: Dictyoptera), Zootaxa 4824 (1), pp. 1-66 : 18-20

Angela guianensis Rehn, 1906

( Figs. 37–38 , 136 )

Angela guianensis Rehn, 1906: 273–275 .

= Thespis infuscata Chopard, 1912: 320–321 .

Type locality. ( A. guianansis ) Demarara, Guyana ( Rehn 1906); ( A. infuscata ) St. Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana ( Chopard 1912).

Records. CeNak: ♂, VII.1970, leg. H. W. Koepcke. MUSM : 2 ♂♂, 230 m, lux, 25.IX.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (ex. SMNK) ; ♂, 230 m, lux, 02.X.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (ex. SMNK) ; ♂, 230 m, lux, 08.X.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (ex. SMNK) ; ♂, 230 m, 19.IV.2018, leg. R. Mörtter (ex. SMNK). NMB : ♂, 230 m, 07.X.2016, leg. R. Mörtter (QR-NMB-Mant 0548, ex. SMNK) ; ♂, 230 m, 19.IV.2018, leg. R. Mörtter (QR-NMB-Mant 0549, ex. SMNK). SMNK : 4 ♂♂, 230 m, lux, 03.X.2014, leg. M. Falkenberg (SMNK-Mant 12549–12552); ♂, 230 m, lux, 03.X.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (SMNK-Mant 12817); ♂, 230 m, lux, 08.X.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (SMNK-Mant 12811); 3 ♂♂, 230 m, lux, 22.IV.2018, leg. M. Falkenberg (SMNK-Mant 12818–12820); 3 ♂♂, 230 m, lux, 01.V.2018, leg. M. Falkenberg (SMNK-Mant 12821–12823); 3 ♂♂, 230 m, 15.IV.2018, leg. R. Mörtter (SMNK-Mant 12814–12816); ♂, 230 m, 22.IX.2019, leg. R. Mörtter. ZSM : ♂, 260 m, malaise trap, 19.IX.– 04.X.2004, leg. E.-G. Burmeister, E. Diller, O. Gruler, M. Breitsameter & T. Kothe; ♂, 260 m, 21.IX.–04.X.2004, leg. K. Schönitzer, T. Kothe & Breitsameter; ♂, 260 m, malaise trap, 21.IX.–04.X.2004, leg. K. Schönitzer & T. Kothe; ♂, 260 m, 30.IX.–02.X.2009, leg. E.-G. Burmeister; ♂, 260 m, 20.IX.–15.X.2011, leg. E. Diller; ♂, 260 m, 10–28.V.2013, leg. E.-G. Burmeister; ♂, 260 m, 22.IX.–10.X.2017, leg. E.-G. Burmeister. CSC : ♂, 230 m, lux, 03.X.2016, leg. M. Falkenberg, M. Schlemm & R. Mörtter (ex. SMNK) .

Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.

Remarks. Captive breeding efforts have revealed the true female of this species to be virtually indistinguishable from that of A. armata ( De Haan, 1842) ( Fig. 38 ). The males are also very similar, sharing the very broad cerci, the shortened tegmina (with respect to the alae), and the infumated hindwings without yellow markings. In the male of A. guianensis , the smoky area of the hindwing covers only the distal half, while it extends to the base in A. armata ( Fig. 37 ). Females, on the other hand, are not unambiguously distinguishable at the moment. The ones studied by us differ from those of A. armata only in the yellow markings on the hindwing being more checkered and less clearly offset from the infumate parts.

A. guianensis is one of the most widespread species of the genus, ranging from Costa Rica to southern Amazonia. Males are commonly collected at the study site.

Figures

FIGURES 35–38. Genus Angela. 35. Angela armata (De Haan, 1842), male from Pozuzo in dorsal view. 36. A. armata, female in dorsal view. 36. A. guianensis Rehn, 1906, male in dorsal view. 37. A. guianensis, female from Tingo Maria in dorsal view. Scale bar: 10 mm.

FIGURES 136–141. Life aspects of praying mantids at Panguana (continued). 136. Angela guianensis, male. 137. Angela cf. quinquemaculata, female. 138. Angela subhyalina, female. 139. Microphotina panguanensis n. sp., male. Photos © Dieter Schulten. 140. Macromantis hyalina (Degeer, 1773), male. Photo © Rolf Mörtter. 141. Acanthops erosula, juvenile female. Photo © Dieter Schulten.