Tarapipattanakun P., Unnahachote T.
A new monotypic genus of the tribe Tenoderini (Mantodea: Mantidae: Tenoderinae) from the southern Thailand
Number: 538, Pages: 1 - 11
A new genus and species Tenomaculosa hexapunctata gen. et sp. n. of praying mantis (Mantodea) is described from the southern Thailand. The new genus distinguished from related genera by the presence of six distinct black spots on the internal surfaces of the profemur and, in lateral view, by widened posterior part of the pronotum. Additionally, unidentified species of the genus Mesopteryx Saussure, 1870 is found in Thailand for the first time. A key to the genera of the subtribe Tenoderina in the Oriental region is also given.