New and little-known species of genus Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos (Dictyoptera: Mantodea: Nanomantidae) Author Wu, Chao Author Liu, Chun-Xiang text Journal of Natural History 2022 J. Nat. Hist. 2022-09-19 56 29 - 32 1279 1296 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2117106 journal article 160276 10.1080/00222933.2022.2117106 327d6405-89b1-4cca-b6de-2aaa89d94d25 1464-5262 7156412 Genus Pliacanthopus Giglio-Tos, 1927 Diagnosis Leaf-dwelling mantis. Body small-sized. Compound eyes rounded, juxtaocular bulges distinct, rounded, slightly higher than the compound eyes; cranial vertex concave; lower frons transverse, narrow. Pronotum narrow, as long as the fore coxae, metazone longer than the prozone, dorsal surface keeled along its midline. Prothoracic femora with 3 discoidal spines, 4 postero-ventral spines; prothoracic tibiae armed with unequal postero-ventral spines. Metathorax with a DK ear (see Yager and Svenson 2008 ), meso-and metathoracic legs slender. Fore wings narrow, hyaline except for costal field; cells large, approximately quadrilateral. Hind wings hyaline, except for apical part of costal field. Abdomen narrow; subgenital plate with styli, unequal in length in some species. Last segment of cerci elongate. Ventral phallomere of external genitalia rhomboidal, sdpl short, with acute apex. Including species Pliacanthopus ( Pliacanthopus ) mantispoides ( Hebard, 1920 ) ( type locality: Malaysia : North Borneo , Sandakan); Pliacanthopus ( Malayamantis ) flavus ( Giglio-Tos, 1915 ) ( type locality: Malaysia : Borneo ); P. ( M. ) malayanus ( Beier, 1931 ) ( type locality: Malaysia : Selangor , Bukit Kutu ); P. ( M. ) bimaculatus ( Wang, 1993 ) ( type locality: China : Yunnan , Jinghong ); P. ( M. ) visayanus Schwarz, 2021 ( type locality: Philippines : Panay Island ); P. ( M. ) tricolor sp. nov. ( type locality: China : Tibet , Medog ) .