Abstract

Mantid fauna of the forested tracts of different localities within the Goodrical forest range of the southern Western Ghats, Ranni forest division, Kerala, India were surveyed. During the Rapid Biodiversity Assessment (RBA) a total of 13 mantid specimens belonging to eight species under six families were collected. A new species Caliris mukherjeei sp. nov. (Haaniidae: Caliridinae) and two new records of rare mantids to Kerala viz., Ceratomantis ghatei Roy & Svenson, 2007 (Hymenopodidae: Oxypilinae) and Dysaulophthalma nathani Stiewe, 2009 (Eremiaphilidae: Iridinae) are reported with description and redescription.

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