Beier, 1930 : 29 Terra 1995 : 29 Ehrmann 2002 : 48 Otte & Spearman 2005 : 7 Metilia amazonica Roy 2002 : 174 Lombardo & Ippolito 2004 : 1 Agudelo et al. 2007 : 115 Ehrmann & Koçak 2009 : 3 Dry leaf or twig mantis? A new genus and species of Acanthopidae with sexually dimorphic cryptic strategies (Insecta: Mantodea) Agudelo, Antonio A. Maldaner, Caroline Rafael, José A. Zootaxa 2019 2019-02-25 4560 2 331 344 (Beier, 1930) Agudelo & Maldaner & Rafael 2019 Beier 1930 [151,623,1195,1222] Insecta Acanthopidae Metacanthops GBIF Animalia Mantodea 3 334 Arthropoda species amazonica comb. nov.     Acanthops amazonica  Beier, 1930: 29( Fig.1); 1934: 3; Travassos-Filho 1945: 179;  Terra 1995: 29;  Ehrmann 2002: 48;  Otte & Spearman 2005: 7.    Metilia amazonica;  Roy 2002: 174;  Lombardo & Ippolito 2004: 1;  Agudelo et al.2007: 115;  Ehrmann & Koçak 2009: 3. Agudelo 2018(CTFB).   Diagnosis. Body coloration dark brown. Pseudophallus long in relation to titillator, broader at the base, tapering towards the apex, the latter lanceolate, sclerified and sharp, left margins with some denticles, opposite margin with elongated, basal spines, which decrease in length and sclerification level towards the apex. Hypophallus longer than broad, distal apophysis elongated and strongly curved or sinuous.