Deroplatys sarawaca Westwood, 1889

Zhang, Jia-Zhi & Price, Benjamin, 2024, Revision of the genus Deroplatys Westwood, 1839 (Mantodea: Deroplatyidae) with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 5445 (1), pp. 1-68 : 38

Deroplatys sarawaca Westwood, 1889

( Figs. 2L ; 3L ; 5K ; 6L ; 10K ; 13O ; 23H ; 25 ; 26 ; 27 ; 38E ; 39J ; 40I ; 42D ; 43J ; 44E )

Deroplatys sarawaca Westwood, 1889: 40 (♀, type locality: Sarawak, Borneo); Kirby 1904: 281 (♀); Giglio-Tos 1927: 345 (♀, lpe resemble male D. angustata ); Beier 1935: 6 (♀); Schwarz & Konopik 2014: 154 (♀, type in OUMNH).

Type material examined (1♀)

Lectotype designated here (1♀): ♀, TYPE ORTH: 465 Deroplatys sarawaca Westwood HOPE DEPT. OXFORD [handwriting in bold]// pl8 f3 [handwriting on blue line paper]// Wallace [printed on pale paper]// SAR. [handwriting on round paper]// Lectotype, ♀, Deroplatys sarawaca Westwood, 1889 , des. by Zhang & Price, 2024.

Additional material examined (1♂): ♂, Oxford1903-8992/ N.Borneo./ W&D, M. Burr/ Collection. Co Pres./ 1903 by M. B.

Diagnostic features: Prothoracic legs coxa marginal spines black, forewing dorsal surface colour patterns intense.

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Figures

FIGURE 2. Deroplatys spp. male head morphology ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys trigonodera; E: Deroplatys indica; F: * Deroplatys angustata; G: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; H: Deroplatys philippinica; I: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; J: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; K: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; L: Deroplatys sarawaca. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 3. Deroplatys spp. female head morphology. ‘*’ primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: *Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; *D: Deroplatys trigonodera, Myanmar; E: Deroplatys lobata; F: Deroplatys lobata, Java; G: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; H: Deroplatys tigonodera, Sarawak; I: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; J: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; K: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; L: * Deroplatys sarawaca. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 5. Deroplatys spp. male forecoxae morphology ‘*’ primary type. A: Deroplatys desiccata, Singapore; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys trigonodera; E: * Deroplatys angustata; F: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; G: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; H: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; I: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; J: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; K: Deroplatys sarawaca; L: Deroplatys indica. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 6. Deroplatys spp. female forecoxae morphology ‘*’ primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata, Malacca; B:Deroplatys truncata; C: *Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys lobata, Java; E: *Deroplatys horrifica, Sumatra; F: *Deroplatys trigonodera, Myanmar; G: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; H: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; I: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov.; J: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov.; K: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov.; L: * Deroplatys sarawaca; M: Pseudempusa pinnapavonis. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 10. Deroplatys spp. female forewings morphology ‘*’ primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: *Deroplatys lobata, est Malaysia; D: * Deroplatys trigonodera, Myanmar; E: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; F: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; G: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; H: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; I: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; J: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; K: * Deroplatys sarawaca; L: Deroplatys lobata, Java. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 13. Deroplatys spp. male pronotum and lateral pronotal expansion. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys lobata, East Malaysia; E: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; F: Deroplatys trigonodera; G: *Deroplatys rhombica; H: *Deroplatys indica; I: * Deroplatys angustata; J: Deroplatys philippinica; K: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; L & M: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; N: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; O: Deroplatys sarawaca. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 23. Deroplatys spp. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. Male abdomen ventral view. A. Deroplatys desiccata; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata; D: Deroplatys trigonodera; E: Deroplatys philippinica; F: Deroplatys indica; G: *Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; H: Deroplatys sawaraca; I: *Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; J: *Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov.. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 25. Deroplatys sarawaca. A: Lectotype dorsal view; B: type label; C: Lectotype ventral view; D: male dorsal view; E: male ventral view. Scale bars 10mm. Label not to scale.

FIGURE 26. Deroplatys sarawaca. A: Male head front view; B: Female lectotype head front view; C: Male forecoxae; D: Female lectotype forecoxae. Scale bar 10mm.

FIGURE 27. Deroplatys sarawaca. A: subgenital plate, ventral view; B: cerci; C: male genitalia, ventral view; D: dorsal wall of left phallomere; Scale bars 1mm.

FIGURE 38. Subgenital plate of new species and Deroplatys sarawaca (A–E) and Deroplatys lobata (F–J), ventral view. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: *Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; B & C: *Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; D: *Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; E: Deroplatys sarawaca; F–J: Deroplatys lobata. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 39. Deroplatys spp. male meta-thoracic leg morphology dorsal view. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys lobata, Borneo; E: * Deroplatys angustata, Java; F: Deroplatys trigonodera, Sarawak; G: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; H: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; I: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; J: Deroplatys sarawaca; K: Deroplatys philippinica; L: Deroplatys indica. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 40. Deroplatys spp. female meta-thoracic leg morphology dorsal view. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: *Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; *B: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; C: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; D: Deroplatys lobata, Java; *E: Deroplatys trigonodera, Myanmar; F: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; G: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; H: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; I: Deroplatys sarawaca; J: Deroplatys trigonodera-Borneo. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 42. Left phallomere dorsal wall (L4B) of Deroplatys spp. ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: *Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; B: *Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; C: *Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; D: Deroplatys sarawaca; E: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; F: Deroplatys lobata, Borneo; G: Deroplatys angustata, Java; H: Deroplatys trigonodera, West Malaysia. Scale bars 1mm.

FIGURE 43. Deroplatys spp. male forewings morphology ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: Deroplatys desiccata, Borneo; B: Deroplatys truncata; C: Deroplatys lobata, West Malaysia; D: Deroplatys lobata, Borneo; E: Deroplatys lobata, Sumatra; F: Deroplatys trigonodera; G: * Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; H: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; I: * Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; J: Deroplatys sarawaca; K: * Deroplatys angustata; L: Deroplatys philippinica; M: Deroplatys indica. Images not to scale.

FIGURE 44. Genitalia phalloid apophysis (afa) of new species and D. sarawaca ‘*’ denotes a primary type. A: * Deroplatys nebula sp. nov; B & C: *Deroplatys kinabaluensis sp. nov; D: *Deroplatys xuzhengfai sp. nov; E: Deroplatys sarawaca. Scale bars: 1mm.