Arria brevifrons (Wang & Bi, 1991) Wang & Yang & Ye & Chen, 2021

Wang, Ying-jian, Yang, Lin, Ye, Fei & Chen, Xiang-sheng, 2021, A new species of the genus Arria Stal, 1877 (Mantodea, Haaniidae) from China with notes on the tribe Arriini Giglio-Tos, 1919, ZooKeys 1025, pp. 1-19 : 1

Arria brevifrons (Wang & Bi, 1991) comb. nov. Fig. 10A-D

Sinomiopteryx brevifrons Wang & Bi, 1991: 125; Wang 1993: 114.

Material examined.

Holotype, 1♂, China: Zhejiang Prov., Qingyuan County, Baishanzu , 1100 m, 14.X.1963, Gen-tao Jin leg., ID: 0800123 (SEM).

Remarks.

This species was described and illustrated by Wang and Bi in 1991 based on one male specimen from Zhejiang. The ocelli are not closely grouped as in the males of Sinomiopteryx ; forewings are narrow, L/W ratio is 4.8 with CuA5, hindwings with pointed apex and brunet band of near apex of vein M. All features fall into the range of Arria . The specimen has had the abdomen removed, but we did not find the genitalia. According to the spots on the forelegs, A. brevifrons can be distinguished from A. pallida and A. sticta .

Figures

Figure 10. Holotypes of Arriini spp. A, E, I, M dorsal habitus B, F, J, N ventral habitus C, G, K, O lateral habitus D, H, L, P labels A-D A. brevifrons comb. nov. (SEM) E-H A. leigongshanensis (IEGU) I-L A. pallida (NFU) M-P S. guangxiensis (SEM). Not to scale.