Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929

Liu, Qin-Peng, Liu, Zi-Jun, Wang, Guo-Li & Yin, Zi-Xu, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the praying mantis subfamily Hierodulinae of China (Mantodea: Mantidae), Zootaxa 4951 (3), pp. 401-433 : 407

Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929

( Figs. 12A–B , 14A–D )

Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929: 75 . Holotype (♂): China, Peking, SMTD.

Hierodula membranacea nec Burmeister, 1838: Tinkham 1937: 559–560; Wang 1993 a: 136–137; Zhu et al. 2012: 261–262.

Material examined. 1♀, CHINA, Guangxi, Nanning, Baise, Mt. Sanyashan , 23°8’N, 106°23’E, alt. 400m, 1.ix.2019, leg. Mr. Huang. 1♂, CHINA, Guangxi, Laibin, Jinxiu, Mt. Dayaoshan , 24°8N, 110°11’E, 1.viii.2019, leg. Wenyong Feng. 1♂, 1♀, CHINA, Sichuan, Dujiangyan, Mt. Qingchengshan , 30°54’N, 103°34’E, 1.xii.2018, leg. Zixu Yin. 1♂, 1♀, CHINA, Hubei, Xiangyang, Baokang, Ziwei park, 31°57’N, 112°7’E, 2.xii.2018, leg. Jie Deng.

Measurements [in mm, ♂ (n = 3), ♀ (n = 3)]. Body length, ♂ 63.0–75.0, ♀ 62.6–66.9. Pronotum length, ♂ 19.9–24.9, ♀ 20.9–24.4. Forewing length, ♂ 47.6–58.1, ♀ 37.2–41.6.

Distribution. China (Henan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi). Korea.

Remarks. Taxonomic misidentifications of H. chinensis , H. membranacea , and H. maculata in previous works were revised by Liu et al. (2020). Male genitalia ( Fig. 12A–B ) of specimens studied herein do not differ from those in Liu et al. (2020).

Ootheca ( Fig. 14A–D ) barrel-like or rectangular, varied in shape: its ventral surface could either away from the substrate and exposed or overlap the substrate. Similar to that of H. longa but generally smaller. Each egg chamber with distinct edges, forming longitudinal ridges (lateral suture) on the external wall. Chamber openings pentagonal, with dentate edges laterally. The operculum on the emergence area are highly reduced. External wall dark coloured, very hard. Females attach egg cases typically to thin branches or rough surfaces, the proximal end of ootheca may partially or fully surround the substrate to which it is attached.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Ventral phallomere and left phallomere on the male genitalia of Chinese Hierodulinae. A–B. Hierodula chinensis. C–D. Hierodula jianfenglingensis. E–F. Hierodula longa. G–H. Hierodula zhangi. I–J. Hierodula latipennis. K–L. Rhombodera valida. M–N. Rhombodera latipronotum. O–P. Ephierodula albomaculata from Mengla, Yunnan. © Chao Wu, China, published with permission. Q–R. Ephierodula meihuashana from Wuping, Fujian. © Chao Wu, China, published with permission. S–T. Hierodula dyaka.

FIGURE 14. Ootheca of Hierodulinae from China. A–B. Hierodula chinensis (Qingyuan, Guangdong). C. Hierodula chinensis (Jingdezhen, Jiangxi). D. Hierodula chinensis (Xiangyang, Hubei). E–F. Hierodula longa. G–H. Hierodula jianfenglingensis. I–J. Hierodula latipennis. K–L. Titanodula formosana (Yangshuo, Guangxi). M. Titanodula formosana (Maoming, Guangdong). N–P. Hierodula zhangi. Q. Rhombodera valida. R. Rhombodera latipronotum.