Taxonomic study on praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) of Goodrical range forest, Kerala, India, with the description of a new species

Authors

  • A. P. Kamila
  • P. M. Sureshan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v47i2.708

Abstract

Mantid fauna of the forested tracts of different localities within the Goodrical forest range of the southern Western Ghats, Ranni forest division, Kerala, India were surveyed. During the Rapid Biodiversity Assessment (RBA) a total of 13 mantid specimens belonging to eight species under six families were collected. A new species Caliris mukherjeei sp. nov. (Haaniidae: Caliridinae) and two new records of rare mantids to Kerala viz., Ceratomantis ghatei Roy & Svenson, 2007 (Hymenopodidae: Oxypilinae) and Dysaulophthalma nathani Stiewe, 2009 (Eremiaphilidae: Iridinae) are reported with description and redescription.

Author Biographies

A. P. Kamila

Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India

P. M. Sureshan

Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India

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Published

2022-06-30

How to Cite

Kamila, A. P. ., & Sureshan, P. M. . (2022). Taxonomic study on praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) of Goodrical range forest, Kerala, India, with the description of a new species. ENTOMON, 47(2), 89–102. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v47i2.708

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 2 (2022)

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