title: A remarkable new species of Mythomantis Giglio-Tos, 1916 from northern Borneo, with notes on the systematics of Deroplatyinae Westwood, 1889 (Mantodea: Mantidae).
abstract: A conspicuous new species of praying mantid, Mythomantis serrata sp. nov., from the Malaysian part of Borneo is described and illustrated. A key to the three known species of the genus Mythomantis and their known geographic distribution is provided. Several morphological characters, most notably those in the male genitals, suggest a close relationship between Mythomantis and the Southeast Asian genera Pseudempusa and Deroplatys. As a consequence, we propose to transfer Mythomantis from Angelinae to Deroplatyinae, and Pseudempusa from Miomantinae Rivetinini to Deroplatyinae, while removing Brancsikia from this subfamily.
authors.affiliation: University of Würzburg, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Theodor Boveri Institute, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany Present address: Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Conservation Biology Unit, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Christian J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.affiliation: University of Würzburg, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Theodor Boveri Institute, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany Present address: Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States; Email: Martin.Helmkampf@asu.edu.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helmkampf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001893:Borneo; D003710:Demography; D008297:Male; D020050:Mantodea / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity