Titanodula gen. nov., a new genus of giant Oriental praying mantises (Mantodea: Mantidae: Hierodulinae) Author Vermeersch, Xavier H. C. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O. D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautierstreet 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium xavier.vermeersch@outlook.com text Belgian Journal of Entomology 2020 2020-07-28 100 1 18 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13587531 2295-0214 13587531

Table 1. Detailed measurements [mm] of Titanodula attenboroughi sp. nov. and Titanodula fruhstorferi comb. nov. From left to right: T. attenboroughi holotype ♂, T. attenboroughi paratype ♀, T. fruhstorferi male, additional specimen 1, T. fruhstorferi female, additional specimen 2.

Measurements	T. att HT (♂)	T. att PT (♀)	T. fru AS 1 (♂)	T. fru AS 2 (♀)
Total length	99.6	102.2	107	93.7
Body length	-	97.3	88.4	91.9
Head width	10.3	12.5	10.5	11.9
Head height	8.6	11.2	8.2	10.6
Pronotum length	29.3	35	30.2	33.2
Pronotum width	8.2	10.4	8.9	10.2
Pronotum narrow width	4.7	6	4.9	5
Prozone length	7	8.9	7.3	8.3
Metazone length	22.3	26.1	22.9	24.9
Tegmen length	69	61.2	73.8	59.2
Ala lenght	62.2	55.5	-	-
Procoxa length	16.8	22.5	18.5	21.4
Profemur length	20.4	25.6	21.2	23.1
Protibia length	12.9	17.3	13.8	16.1
Protarsus length	14	13.3	13.6	15.1
Mesofemur length	19.2	24.2	21.2	21.9
Mesotibia length	16	20.6	17.3	17.8
Mesotarsus length	10.7	10.8	11.4	11.3
Metafemur length	22.3	28	25.8	25.2
Metatibia length	21.8	28.6	24.4	25.5
Metatarsus length	12.9	14.6	14.6	13.9
Anteroventral femoral spine count	15/15	15/15	15/15	15/15
Anteroventral tibial spine count	13/13	14/14	14/14	14/14
Posteroventral tibial spine count	10/9	10/10	10/10	10/10