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03AC87FEFFC6FFE0FF38F9C5573BFAFC.text	03AC87FEFFC6FFE0FF38F9C5573BFAFC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Image	<div><p>Image and mapping</p><p>A Leica M205C auto-stacking stereomicroscope coupled with a Leica MC190 HD camera was used to photograph structures; a Canon 6D Mark II coupled with a Canon 100 mm macro lens was used to photograph specimens; and the software programs Helicon Remote and Helicon Focus 8 were used to stack photographs of specimens. Measurements were taken with the listed equipment using Leica Application Suite X software, in the Departamento de Entomologia (Entomology Department) of the MNRJ. Figures and illustrations were assembled using Adobe Photoshop 2023.</p><p>New records for Brazilian states are indicated with ‘*’; new records for the Brazilian fauna are indicated with ‘**’. Location abbreviations: BR – Brazil; AM – Amazonas; PA – Pará; RJ – Rio de Janeiro; RR – Roraima; SP – São Paulo. Institutional abbreviations: INPA – Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; MNRJ – Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; MZUSP – Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo.</p><p>A comprehensive search was conducted on the citizen science platform iNaturalist, focusing on the vicinity of type localities of specimens herein studied, utilising the platforms’ various tools, and paying close attention to the species’ distinctive diagnostic morphological traits, especially wing patterning. A dataset including (i) label data from specimens, (ii) literature records, and (iii) observations from iNaturalist was used to elaborate a distributional map of the studied species. The distributional data was compiled and utilised to generate a map using QGIS 2.18 .10 software (www.qgis.org).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFC6FFE0FF38F9C5573BFAFC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
03AC87FEFFC1FFEBFECFFE3350C8F9D2.text	03AC87FEFFC1FFEBFECFFE3350C8F9D2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acontista amoenula Gerstaecker 1889	<div><p>Acontista amoenula Gerstaecker, 1889 (Figure 4A)</p><p>Head. (Figure 5A) Triangular, wider than long. Compound eyes kidney-shaped and barely protruding, outer outline rounded. Ocelli small, as small as the antenna’s pedicel; distance between lateral and central ocelli shorter than lateral-lateral ocelli; distance between lateral ocelli about 2× ocelli length, distance between lateral-central ocelli about 4× ocelli length. Vertex inconspicuously convex, just slightly exceeding an imaginary line connecting the tops of the compound eyes; ps excavated but job not protruding to vertex’s height. Frontal sclerite wider than long, T-shaped, and tripartite.</p><p>Prothorax. (Figures 6A) Pronotum elongated, margins smooth with discrete lateral bump more visible in dorsal view (Figure 6A 1), right below expansion of supracoxal dilatation, thin in lateral view (Figure 6A 2). Supracoxal dilatation slender, rounded. Metazone elongated, with constriction almost as wide as prozone without lateral pronotal expansion (Figure 6A 1). Prozone flat in lateral view, metazone almost flattened with anterior part forming a slight bump, posterior end of metazone strongly sloping upwards (Figure 6A 2).</p><p>Prothoracic legs. (Figures 7A) Forecoxae elongated, slightly shorter than pronotum (Figure 7A 1). Forefemora robust but slimmer than other species, well developed, and triangular, with a straight dorsal margin (Figure 7A 2). Foretibiae elongated, dorsal margin straight (Figure 7A 3). All femoral and tibial spines same colour as foreleg but with darkened tips (Figure 7A 2, A 3). Spination formula: F = 3DS/14AvS/5PvS; T = 16AvS/19- 20PvS.</p><p>Wings. (Figure 8A) Mesothoracic wings slightly longer than metathoracic wings, in resting position the latter projecting slightly beyond apex of former; both wings reaching apex of abdomen; membrane of the costal field of mesothoracic wing densely reticulated with cross veins branching in all directions. Forewing almost entirely green except for lower half of discoidal field which is completely hyaline. Hindwings with vivid orange colouration on costal field and upper part of discoidal and anal fields; right beneath orange portion is a hyaline portion, followed by dark stripe ranging from anal margin towards orange portion, followed by another small hyaline area near hindwing apex. This dark stripe can be thicker or thinner, varying among specimens but always presenting those hyaline regions and marks in this configuration. Veins in forewing green, it being densely reticulated; veins in costal field of the hindwing orange, but longitudinal veins in discoidal and anal fields gradually becoming black.</p><p>Abdomen. Ovoid. TG10 short, wider than long, convex. CS6 broad and long, obtuse, with a small distal central fold towards the gpal8, high number of setae distally; cerci short, shorter than in male, not extending beyond CS6.</p><p>Genitalia. (Figures 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A) CG8 with inner portion facing sbu rounded, moderately sclerotised, outer portion with two lateral small projections and a larger median projection; spb smooth; agsl smooth, transversal, poorly sclerotised (Figure 9A). CX8 larger at base in contact with CG8, inner margin membranous, its curvature at base tapered, almost pointy, outer margin relatively more sclerotised at the cxvl, cxdl small, poorly sclerotised, median part of the gp8 with constriction of the CX8 with outer margin sclerotised bearing many setae then sharply curving inwards, gpmo8 protruding outwards, more sclerotised; gpal8 with a few setae in its inner margin and a few more at apex; in lateral view, gp8 with discrete vertical enlargement at its medial side-to-side constriction, upper margin bending downwards forming a duct-like structure at medial region, posteriorly bending upwards with moderate curvature to gpal8; inner portion of gp8 with multiple setae at bending of upper margin towards gpal8 (Figure 10A). gp9 membranous, poorly sclerotised, short, beginning near medial constriction of gp8 and ending near gpmo8; rh extending through the outer margin from ventral base of gp9 and sinuously curving downwards towards ventral portion, gptm9 membranous; in lateral view, gp9 with sclerotised base widening just before middle, where a membranous dorsal expansion can be observed (Figure 11A). gl9 wide, divided into proximal and distal portions, the latter more sclerotised; a few bristle-like spines forming two groups in two clumps, in lateral view, respectively at upper and lower margin, and a few sparse bristles in the distal portion; gpmo9 bulge almost inconspicuous, tapered; upper margin of the proximal portion curved inwards and bent over itself, forming an Ω-like cross section (Figure 12A).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFC1FFEBFECFFE3350C8F9D2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
03AC87FEFFCDFFF2FEB5FA27578CFB1A.text	03AC87FEFFCDFFF2FEB5FA27578CFB1A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acontista aurantiaca Burmeister 1838	<div><p>Acontista aurantiaca Burmeister, 1838 (Figures 3E, F, 4B)</p><p>Head. (Figure 5B) Triangular, wider than long. Compound eyes kidney-shaped and barely protruding, outer outline rounded. Ocelli small, as small as antenna’s pedicel; distance between lateral-central ocelli shorter than lateral-lateral ocelli; between lateral-lateral ocelli about the size of ocelli, distance between lateral-central ocelli about 3× ocelli length. Vertex concave, surpassing imaginary line connecting the top of compound eyes; ps excavated, job protruding to compound eyes’ height. Frontal sclerite wider than long, T-shaped, and tripartite.</p><p>Prothorax. (Figure 6B) Pronotum elongated, with smooth margins and small bump more visible in dorsal view, right below expansion of the supracoxal dilatation (Figure 6B 1). Supracoxal dilatation wide, rounded. Metazone constriction almost as wide as prozone without the lateral pronotal expansion (Figure 6B 1). Prozone discretely bulging in lateral view, metazone almost flattened with anterior part slightly bumped, in lateral view pronotum is thin, posterior end of metazone gradually sloping upwards (Figure 6B 2).</p><p>Prothoracic legs. (Figure 7B) Forecoxae elongated, slightly shorter than pronotum (Figure 7B 1). Forefemora robust, large, well developed, and triangular, with straight dorsal margin (Figure 7B 2). Foretibiae dorsal margin curved (Figure 7B 3). All femoral and tibial spines the same colour as foreleg but with darkened tips (Figure 7B 2, B 3). Spination formula: F = 3DS/10-12AvS/5PvS; T = 12AvS/15-16PvS.</p><p>Wings. (Figure 8B) Mesothoracic wings slightly longer than metathoracic, in resting position the latter projecting slightly beyond apex of former; both wings reaching the apex of abdomen; membrane of costal field of mesothoracic wing densely reticulated with cross veins branching in all direction. Forewing with green or yellowish colouration ranging from proximal region of wing to nearly end of the costal field, crossing wing diagonally in a straight line or discrete sigmoid shape; distalmost region not covered by this colouration, but hyaline and having two dark brown spots, proximal one smaller than distal one. A stigma under radius vein can present different degrees of pigmentation, from inconspicuous green denser zone to a visible small brown spot. In live specimens, when wings are closed, the dark spots overlap and create a pattern of black and orange stripes in the distalmost area of the wing. Hindwings with vivid orange colouration on costal field and upper part of discoidal and anal fields; right beneath orange portion is a hyaline portion, followed by dark stripe ranging from anal margin towards orange portion, followed by another small hyaline area near hindwing apex, the latter spotted with usually two irregular dark marks. This dark stripe can be thicker or thinner, varying among specimens but always presenting those hyaline regions and marks in this configuration. Veins on forewing green; veins on the costal field of hindwing orange, but longitudinal veins on discoidal and anal fields gradually becoming black.</p><p>Abdomen. Ovoid, usually wider than width of wings when in resting position. TG10 short, wider than long, convex. CS6 wide and long, obtuse, with small distal central fold towards the gpal8, high number of setae distally; cerci short, shorter than in male, not extending beyond CS6. In live specimens, a red/orange colouration can be observed in the region of abdomen which is usually covered by the wings.</p><p>Genitalia. (Figures 9B, 10B, 11B, 12B) CG8 with inner portion globose facing sbu, almost membranous with base moderately sclerotised with a sclerotised, rounded outer expansion; spb smooth with small dorsal sclerotised keel under globose part of CG8; agsl smooth, transversal, poorly sclerotised (Figure 9B). CX8 larger at base in contact with CG8, inner margin membranous, its curvature at base rounded, outer margin relatively more sclerotised, cxal membranous with small sclerotisation, cxvl small, poorly sclerotised, with a few bristles, median part of the gp8 with constriction of the CX8 with outer margin sclerotised bearing a few setae then softly curving inwards, gpmo8 protruding outwards; gpal8 with multiple elongated setae at inner margin and a few more at apex; in lateral view, gp8 with vertical enlargement at medial side-to-side constriction, upper margin bending downwards forming duct-like structure at medial region, posteriorly bending upwards with a moderate curvature to gpal8; inner portion of gp8 with multiple setae at bending of upper margin towards gpal8 (Figure 10B). gp9 membranous, poorly sclerotised, short, beginning near medial constriction of gp8 and ending near gpmo8; rh extending through the outer margin from ventral base of gp9 and smoothly curving downwards towards ventral portion, gptm9 membranous, almost inconspicuous; in lateral view, gp9 with sclerotised base widening just before middle, where a membranous dorsal expansion can be observed (Figure 11B). gl9 broad, divided into a proximal and distal portion, the latter more sclerotised; a few bristle-like spines forming two groups in two clumps, in lateral view, respectively at upper and lower margins, having a few sparse bristles at distal portion; gpmo9 bulge short and tapered; upper margin of proximal portion curved inwards and bent over itself, forming an Ω-like cross section (Figure 12B).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFCDFFF2FEB5FA27578CFB1A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
03AC87FEFFD7FFF0FF50FB24519DFA29.text	03AC87FEFFD7FFF0FF50FB24519DFA29.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acontista cayennensis Saussure and Zehntner 1894	<div><p>Acontista cayennensis Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Figure 3A, B, 4C)</p><p>Head. (Figure 5C) Triangular, wider than long. Compound eyes kidney-shaped and barely protruding, outer outline rounded. Ocelli small, as small as antenna’s pedicel; distance between lateral-central ocelli shorter than lateral-lateral ocelli; distance between lateral ocelli about 2× ocelli height, between lateral-central ocelli about 4× ocelli height. Vertex flat, not surpassing or, if so, just slightly exceeding imaginary line connecting the top of compound eyes; ps excavated and job protruding to vertex’s height. Frontal sclerite wider than long, T-shaped, and tripartite.</p><p>Prothorax. (Figure 6C) Pronotum small, with smooth margins. Supracoxal dilatation wide, rounded. Metazone constriction slender (Figure 6C 1). Prozone bulges in lateral view, metazone flattened, in lateral view pronotum is thick, posterior end of the metazone sloping upwards (Figure 6C 2).</p><p>Prothoracic legs. (Figure 7C) Forecoxae elongated, slightly longer than pronotum (Figure 7C 1). Forefemora robust, wide, well developed, and triangular, with straight dorsal margin (Figure 7C 2). Foretibiae dorsal margin curved (Figure 7C 3). All femoral and tibial spines the same colour as foreleg but with darkened tips (Figure 7C 2, C 3). Spination formula: F = 3DS/12-13AvS/5PvS; T = 13–14AvS/16PvS.</p><p>Wings. (Figure 8C) Mesothoracic wings slightly long than metathoracic, in resting position latter projecting slightly beyond the apex of former; both wings reaching apex of abdomen; membrane of costal field of mesothoracic wing densely reticulated with cross veins branching in all directions. Forewing with green or yellowish colouration ranging from proximal region of wing almost to end of costal field, crossing wing diagonally in a straight line or discrete sigmoid shape; distalmost region not covered by this colouration, but hyaline and presenting two dark brown marks, proximal one smaller than distal one, both can have rounded shape or somewhat striped shape. A stigma under radius vein can be present with different degrees of pigmentation and sizes, from light brown to black, and from a small spot to a conspicuous stigma. In live specimens, when wings overlap, three white stripes can be seen, before stigma, before proximal mark and between marks, creating a striped pattern. White stripes usually fade and become inconspicuous or not visible in preserved specimens. Hindwings with vivid orange colouration in the costal field and upper part of discoidal and anal fields; right beneath orange portion is a hyaline portion, followed by dark stripe ranging from anal margin towards orange portion, followed by another small hyaline area near hindwing apex. This dark stripe can be thicker or thinner, varying among specimens but always presenting those hyaline regions in this configuration. Veins on forewing green; veins on the costal field of hindwing orange, but longitudinal veins on discoidal and anal fields gradually becoming black.</p><p>Abdomen. Ovoid, usually wider than width of wings when in resting position. TG10 short, wider than long, convex. CS6 wide and long, obtuse, with small distal central fold towards the gpal8, high number of setae distally; cerci short, shorter than in male, not extending beyond CS6. In live specimens, a red/orange colouration can be observed in the region of the abdomen which is usually covered by the wings.</p><p>Genitalia. (Figures 9C, 10C, 11C, 12C) CG8 with inner portion rounded, facing sbu, moderately sclerotised with central sclerotised spot, outer portion concave, almost membranous with outer margin well sclerotised with pentagonal sclerotised expansion; spb somewhat wrinkled; agsl smooth, transversal, poorly sclerotised (Figure 9C). CX8 larger at base in contact with CG8, inner margin membranous, its curvature at base tapered with some sclerotisation at base, outer margin more sclerotised at cxal, cxvl not presenting curvature at base of genitalia but an abrupt transversal sclerotised line through CX8 instead, cxvl large, rounded, and smooth with many bristles, median part of the gp8 with constriction of CX8 with outer margin sclerotised bearing many setae then sharply curving inwards, gpmo8 discrete, membranous; gpal8 with many setae organised in two clumps, in lateral view with denser one at ventral margin and smaller one at dorsal margin; in lateral view, gp8 with discrete vertical enlargement at medial side-to-side constriction, upper margin bending downwards forming a duct-like structure at medial region, posteriorly bending upwards with a moderate curvature towards gpal8 which is strongly curved upwards; inner portion of gp8 with multiple clumps of setae, some with small setae and others with larger setae along gp8 (Figure 10C). gp9 membranous, poorly sclerotised, short, beginning near medial constriction of gp8 and ending near gpmo8; rh extending through outer margin from the base of gp9 and smoothly curving downwards towards ventral portion, gptm9 membranous; in lateral view, gp9 with sclerotised base widening just before middle, where membranous dorsal expansion can be observed (Figure 11C). gl9 broad, divided into a proximal and distal portion, with former more sclerotised; a few bristle-like spines forming clumps at ventral margin of gl9 and at dorsal apex, the latter composed mainly of elongated setae, with a few sparse bristles at distal portion; upper margin of the proximal portion curved inwards and bent over itself, forming an Ω-like cross section (Figure 12C).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFD7FFF0FF50FB24519DFA29	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
03AC87FEFFD5FFF6FED7FA74511FFD9C.text	03AC87FEFFD5FFF6FED7FA74511FFD9C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acontista concinna (Perty 1832) Perty 1832	<div><p>Acontista concinna (Perty, 1832) (Figures 3C, D, 4D)</p><p>Head. (Figure 5D) Triangular, wider than long. Compound eyes kidney-shaped and barely protruding, outer outline rounded. Ocelli small, as small as antenna’s pedicel; distance between lateral-central ocelli shorter than lateral-lateral ocelli; distance between lateral-lateral ocelli about 2× ocelli height, distance between central-lateral ocelli about 4× ocelli height. Vertex inconspicuously convex, just slightly exceeding imaginary line connecting the top of compound eyes; ps excavated but job not protruding to vertex’s height. Frontal sclerite wider than long, T-shaped, and tripartite.</p><p>Prothorax. (Figure 4D) Pronotum medium-sized, with smooth margins. Supracoxal dilatation narrow, rounded. Metazone constriction almost as wide as prozone without lateral pronotal expansion (Figure 4D 1). Pronotum flattened in lateral view, thin, posterior end of metazone not sloping (Figure 4D 2).</p><p>Prothoracic legs. (Figure 5D) Forecoxae elongated, slightly shorter than pronotum (Figure 5D 1). Forefemora robust, wide, well developed, and triangular, with straight dorsal margin (Figure 5D 2). Foretibiae dorsal margin straight (Figure 5D 3). All femoral and tibial spines the same colour as foreleg but with darkened tips (Figure 5D 2, D 3). Spination formula: F = 3DS/12-13AvS/5PvS; T = 13AvS/11-12PvS.</p><p>Wings. (Figure 8D) Mesothoracic wings slightly longer than metathoracic, in resting position former do not project beyond apex of latter or only scarcely so; both wings reaching apex of abdomen; membrane of costal area of mesothoracic wing densely reticulated with cross veins branching in all directions. Forewing with homogeneous green or yellowish tone, same as body colour, but dark-phase morphotypes can occur where specimens are highly pigmented, and forewings have dark spots (see Scherrer and Aguiar 2021). Hindwings with vivid orange colouration on costal field and dark spot on distal region of the costal field, which rarely may fuse with dark colouration of discoidal field; black colouration with purple/blue reflexes on discoidal field, with hyaline area near wing margin. Veins in forewing the same colour as cells; veins in costal field of hindwing orange but longitudinal veins in discoidal and anal fields alternating between black and white with white crossveins.</p><p>Abdomen. Ovoid, usually wider than width of wings when in resting position. TG10 short, wider than long, convex. CS6 wide and long, obtuse, with small distal central fold towards the gpal8, high number of setae distally; cerci short, shorter than in male, not extending beyond CS6. In live specimens, a red/orange colouration can be observed in the region of the abdomen which is usually covered by the wings.</p><p>Genitalia. (Figures 9D, 10D, 11D, 12D) CG8 with inner portion rounded facing sbu, membranous, outer portion concave, almost membranous with outer margin consisting of two sclerotised denticle-like structures and ovoid sclerotised expansion; spb smooth; agsl smooth, transversal, poorly sclerotised (Figure 9D). CX8 larger at base in contact with CG8, inner margin poorly sclerotised, outer margin relatively more sclerotised at the cxal, cxvl large, poorly sclerotised, with clump of bristles, median part of the gp8 with constriction of CX8 with outer margin sclerotised bearing many setae then softly curving inwards, gpmo8 membranous, globose, protruding inwards; gpal8 with many setae at inner margin with a few more at apex; in lateral view, gp8 with discrete vertical enlargement at medial side-to-side constriction, upper margin bending downwards forming a duct-like structure at medial region, posteriorly upper margin bending downwards with moderate curvature towards gpal8, which is curved upwards; inner portion of gp8 with multiple setae at bending of upper margin towards gpal8 (Figure 10D). gp9 membranous, poorly sclerotised, short, beginning near medial constriction of the gp8 and ending near gpmo8; rh extending through outer margin from ventral base of gp9 and straightly curving upwards towards dorsal portion, gptm9 membranous; in lateral view, gp9 with sclerotised base widening just before middle, first half with base having a poorly sclerotised curved structure, second half of gp9 more sclerotised at upper margin than lower margin (Figure 11D). gl9 wide, divided into a proximal and distal portion, with former more sclerotised; a few bristle-like spines forming three groups in three clumps, in lateral view, respectively at base, upper, and lower margins, with many sparse bristles at distal portion; upper margin of proximal portion curved inwards and bent over itself forming an Ω-like cross section (Figure 12D).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFD5FFF6FED7FA74511FFD9C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FD11502CFB26.text	03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FD11502CFB26.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acontista amoenula Gerstaecker 1889	<div><p>Acontista amoenula</p><p>BRAZIL, AMAZONAS: 1♀ Manaus, Reserva Ducke, AM 010, km 26 / 2.930833°S, 59.983056° W / 10 March 2005 (D.S. Carrasco) [INPAMAN-000912], INPA; 1♀ Manaus, Reserva Ducke / 2.930194°S, 59.975417°W / 2 May 2014 (D. Campos) [INPAMAN-000926], INPA; 1♀ Manaus, Reserva Ducke / 22 September 1988 (J.A. Rafael) [INPAMAN-000872], INPA; 1♀ Manaus, Reserva Ducke / June 2006 (F.F. Xavier-F.) [INPAMAN-000873], INPA; 1♀ Manaus, Reserva Ducke / September 2003 (A. Henriques et al.) [INPAMAN-000878], INPA; 1♀ Manaus, Reserva Ducke, AM 010 / 2.930833°S, 59.983056°W / 7 March 2008 (M.I. Albuquerque) [INPAMAN-000910], INPA; 1♀ Ipixuna, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-63.850277&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.104444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -63.850277/lat 0.104444)">Rio da Liberdade</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-63.850277&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.104444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -63.850277/lat 0.104444)">Estirão da Preta</a> / 7.362972°S, 71.868639°W / 11–15 May 2011 (R. Andrezza and D.M. Takiya) [INPAMAN-000889], INPA; 1♀ Lábrea, Sítio São Raimundo / 7.319444°S, 64.668611°W / June 2006 (F.F. Xavier-F.) [INPAMAN-000874], INPA; 1♀ Barcelos, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-63.850277&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.104444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -63.850277/lat 0.104444)">Rio Ereré</a> / 0.104444°N, 63.850278°W / 12–25 August 2009 (F. Xavier Filho, G.L.S. Monte and R. Alencar) [INPAMAN-000930], INPA; 1♀ Novo Airão, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-63.850277&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.104444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -63.850277/lat 0.104444)">Rio Jau</a>, Meriti / 4–10 June 1993 (J.A. Rafael) [INPAMAN-000911], INPA . RORAIMA: 2♀ Ilha de Maracá, Rio Uraicoera / 2–13 May 1987 (J.A. Rafael, J.E.B. Brasil and L.S. Aquino) [INPAMAN-000875, INPAMAN-000876], INPA .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FD11502CFB26	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FA93501EFA07.text	03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FA93501EFA07.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acontista aurantiaca Burmeister 1838	<div><p>Acontista aurantiaca</p><p>BRAZIL, AMAZONAS: 1♀ Manaus, INPA / 27 March 1977 (I.S. Gorayeb) [INPAMAN-000877]; INPA . 1♀ Manaus, Petrópolis, área urbana/ 16 April 2008 (P. V. Cruz) [INPAMAN-000914]; INPA . 1♀ Humaitá / September 1980 (Andrade); MZUSP .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FA93501EFA07	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FA7D5189F95E.text	03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FA7D5189F95E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acontista cayennensis Saussure and Zehntner 1894	<div><p>Acontista cayennensis</p><p>BRAZIL, AMAZONAS: 1♀ Barcelos, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-69.47439&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.154722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -69.47439/lat 0.154722)">Bacuquara</a> / 0.152500°N, 63.177222°W / August 2007 (A.S. Filho and T. Krolow) [INPAMAN-000913], INPA; 1♀ Pari Cachoeira, Pelotão / 0.154722° N, 69.474389°W / 13 September 1999 (Ale-Rocha) [INPAMAN-000908], INPA . PARÁ: 1♀ Belterra, Fazenda Treviso / 3.148000°S, 54.840333°W / (Souza-Dias, Monné equipe) [MNRJ- ENT14-13], MNRJ . NO LOCATION: 1♀, INPA .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFD3FFF6FF38FA7D5189F95E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
03AC87FEFFD2FFF7FF38FF1B52F0FE17.text	03AC87FEFFD2FFF7FF38FF1B52F0FE17.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acontista concinna (Perty 1832) Perty 1832	<div><p>Acontista concinna</p><p>BRAZIL, RIO DE JANEIRO: 1♀ Nova IguaÇÚ, Tinguá, REBIO <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-42.039165&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.425278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -42.039165/lat -22.425278)">Tinguá</a> / 18–20 December 2023 (A.L. Quijada, A.M. Siqueira and A. Passos), MNRJ; 1♀ Rio das Ostras, REBIO União / 22.425278°S, 42.039167°W / 16–19 January 2023 (Souza-Dias and equipe), MNRJ; 1♀ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-42.039165&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.425278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -42.039165/lat -22.425278)">Ilha Grande</a> / 27 November–1 December 2023 (Souza-Dias and equipe), MNRJ . SÃO PAULO: 1♀ São José do Barreiro, PARNA <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-44.61639&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.738056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -44.61639/lat -22.738056)">Serra da Bocaina</a>, estrada / 22.738056°S, 44.616389°W / 10 April 2017 (Rodrigues), MZUSP .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AC87FEFFD2FFF7FF38FF1B52F0FE17	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ferraz, Bernardo R.;Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.	Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. (2025): Redescription of females of four species of the Neotropical dwarf mantis genus Acontista Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Acontistidae) and enhancement of diagnostic characters based in female genitalia. Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20): 1353-1381, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2468674
