A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 922: 51–63 (2020) Didymocorypha from China 51 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.922.47987 RESEARCH ARTICLE http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research New record of Didymocorypha Wood-Mason (Mantodea, Eremiaphilidae) from China, with description of a new high-altitude wingless mantis species in Asia Chao Wu1, Chun-Xiang Liu1 1 Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Scien- ces, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China Corresponding author: Chun-Xiang Liu (
[email protected]) Academic editor: G. Svenson | Received 4 November 2019 | Accepted 17 February 2020 | Published 25 March 2020 http://zoobank.org/6A2670F0-0040-4330-A2E8-C39ADE6C03E9 Citation: Wu C, Liu C-X (2020) New record of Didymocorypha Wood-Mason (Mantodea, Eremiaphilidae) from China, with description of a new high-altitude wingless mantis species in Asia. ZooKeys 922: 51–64. https://doi. org/10.3897/zookeys.922.47987 Abstract The genus Didymocorypha Wood-Mason, 1877 (Eremiaphilidae, Iridinae) has only been recorded in South Asia, including a sole species D. lanceolata (Fabricius). Here, we firstly extend its distribution to China, with description of one new species D. libaii sp. nov. Didymocorypha libaii sp. nov. lives in an area about 3000 meters above sea level on the southern slope of the Himalayas (Tibet in China), one of the highest- altitude inhabited areas of mantis in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also the first recorded Oriental mantis species in which both sexes are wingless. Life history of the new species, necessary illustrations and eco- logical images are provided.