A Revived Focus on the Praying Mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)

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A REVIVED FOCUS ON THE PRAYING MANTISES (INSECTA, MANTODEA)

JULIO RIVERA & GAVIN J. SVENSON (EDS)

5. EDITORIAL—A REVIVED FOCUS ON THE PRAYING MANTISES (INSECTA: MANTODEA) JULIO RIVERA & GAVIN J. SVENSON

7. GUEST EDITORIAL ROGER ROY

9 A historical review of nomenclature and high-level classification of praying mantises (Mantodea), including a provisional checklist of the names associated to suprageneric ranks ROGER ROY

29 Four new species of Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Mantodea: Liturgusidae, Liturgusinae) from the Northern Territory, Australia GREGORY I. HOLWELL

39 A revision of Rhodomantis Giglio-Tos, 1917 (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae) GRAHAM A. MILLEDGE

65 A revision of Apteromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae, Amelinae): A comprehensive approach to manage old taxonomic and conservation problems ROBERTO BATTISTON, JOAQUÍN ORTEGO, JOSÉ R. CORREAS & PEDRO J. CORDERO

78 A review of the research on Canary Islands praying mantises (Mantodea) FRANK WIELAND, KAI SCHÜTTE & JULIA GOLDBERG

103 A case of the higher-level classification of praying mantises (Mantodea) obscuring the synonymy of Majangella Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Liturgusidae, Liturgusinae) and Ephippiomantis Werner, 1922 (Hymenopodidae, Acromantinae) GAVIN J. SVENSON & WILLIAM VOLLMER

120 A remarkable new species of Mythomantis Giglio-Tos, 1916 from northern Borneo, with notes on the systematics of Deroplatyinae Westwood, 1889 (Mantodea: Mantidae) CHRISTIAN J. SCHWARZ & MARTIN HELMKAMPF

130 An annotated checklist of the praying mantises (Mantodea) of Borneo, including the results of the 2008 scientific expedition to Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak CHRISTIAN J. SCHWARZ & OLIVER KONOPIK

169 A taxonomic revision of Otomantis Bolivar, 1890 (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae, Acromantinae) with description of five new species FRANCESCO LOMBARDO, MARTIN B.D. STIEWE, SALVATRICE IPPOLITO, ALESSANDRO MARLETTA

Published: 21 May 2014 3 194 A new genus and species of Mantoididae (Mantodea) from the Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon, with remarks on Mantoida Newman, 1838 ANTONIO A. AGUDELO R.

207 A revision of Miobantia Giglio-Tos, 1917 (Mantodea: Thespidae, Miobantiinae), with molecular association of dimorphic sexes and immature stages MARCUS V. SCHERRER

269 On the identity and taxonomic status of the enigmatic mantid Thespoides bolivari Chopard, 1916 (Mantodea: Mantidae, Angelinae) JULIO RIVERA