New record of Chinese Reddish Mantis, Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929 (Mantodea, Mantidae) from Japan

Kazuhisa Yamasaki; Kai Schütte; Tetsuo Nawa

doi:10.15560/18.1.147

Check List 18(1): 147-150, doi: 10.15560/18.1.147

New record of Chinese Reddish Mantis, Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929 (Mantodea, Mantidae) from Japan

Kazuhisa Yamasaki^‡§, Kai Schütte^|, Tetsuo Nawa^¶

‡ Gifu University, Gifu, Japan§ Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan| Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany¶ Nawa Insect Museum, Gifu, Japan

Corresponding author: Kazuhisa Yamasaki ( ymskkz@gmail.com )

Corresponding author: Kai Schütte ( kai.schuette@uni-hamburg.de )

Academic editor: Felipe Moreira

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Citation: Yamasaki K, Schütte K, Nawa T (2022) New record of Chinese Reddish Mantis, Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929 (Mantodea, Mantidae) from Japan. Check List 18(1): 147-150. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.1.147

Abstract

We report on a new distribution record of Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929 from Gifu Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. This species is distributed in China and recently recorded from Korea. This is the first formal record of this species from Japan. Our comparison of the morphological characters of Japanese specimens with those of type specimens revealed that H. chinensis from Japan has dimorphic male genitalia and retains morphological diversity.

Keywords

Genital dimorphism, Hierodula membranacea, Hierodula patellifera, Hierodula venosa, Titanodula formosana