taxonID	type	description	language	source
A9C982C7D530558F90FD7643915840AA.taxon	description	Subspecies characters. - Adult: Differs from the nominotypical subspecies H. patellifera patellifera by having the following characters: Body length 64 - 77 mm in males, 69 - 79 mm in females; antenna at most 115 - segmented in both sexes; procoxa (Fig. 4 A, B) with a large white marking along dorsal-inner surface (white marking may become unclear in dry specimens), and with 2 large and several small tooth-like marginal spines (not well-defined). Nymph: Procoxa of 1 st- and 2 nd-instars (Fig. 5 A, B) lacking white markings and marginal spines; procoxa of 3 rd instar (Fig. 5 C) with or without a small white marking, and with slightly developed, tooth-like marginal spines; procoxa of 4 th instar (Fig. 5 D) with 2 small, white markings and with slightly developed, tooth-like marginal spines; procoxa of 5 th instar (Fig. 5 E) with 2 medium-sized, irregular, white markings and with 2 large (somewhat developed) and several small tooth-like marginal spines; procoxa of 6 th- to last-instars (Fig. 5 F-H) with a large-sized and irregular white marking and with 2 large (well developed) and several small tooth-like marginal spines.	en	Oshima, Kazuyuki (2021): A new subspecies of the mantis Hierodula patellifera (Mantodea: Mantidae) from the Daito Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan. Journal of Orthoptera Research 30 (1): 95-98, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.62022, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.62022
A9C982C7D530558F90FD7643915840AA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. - Kita-daito-jima Is. and Minami-daito-jima Is., the Ryukyus, Japan.	en	Oshima, Kazuyuki (2021): A new subspecies of the mantis Hierodula patellifera (Mantodea: Mantidae) from the Daito Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan. Journal of Orthoptera Research 30 (1): 95-98, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.62022, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.62022
A9C982C7D530558F90FD7643915840AA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. - This subspecific name is named after the Daito Islands, the type locality of the subspecies; an adjective.	en	Oshima, Kazuyuki (2021): A new subspecies of the mantis Hierodula patellifera (Mantodea: Mantidae) from the Daito Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan. Journal of Orthoptera Research 30 (1): 95-98, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.62022, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.62022
