A new species of lichen-mimicking praying mantis, Carrikerella simpira n. sp., is described from Tingo María region in Peru. The new species differs from its congeners in having reduced tergal lobes, a relatively sinuous pronotum, and it is found in the highland tropical rainforest of the Central Andes. Behavioral observations conducted on captive individuals revealed that juveniles and adults hunt by impaling prey using modified foretibial structures. Anatomical examinations of the incumbent trophic structures revealed functional adaptations for prey impaling in the foretibiae, primarily consisting of prominent, forwardly oriented, barbed spines. We provide an overall description of this novel hunting behavior in Mantodea and hypothesize on its evolutionary origin and adaptive significance for the Thespidae.

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来自秘鲁的螳螂新物种揭示了刺穿是曼托德亚的一种新型狩猎策略（Thespidae：Thespini）

一种新型的模仿地衣的螳螂，Carrikerella simpira n。从秘鲁的TingoMaría地区描述。新物种与其同类动物的不同之处在于，它们的三角叶减少了，前胸背板相对弯曲，并且发现于安第斯中部的热带热带雨林中。对圈养者的行为观察表明，未成年人和成年人使用改良的前庭结构刺穿猎物进行狩猎。对现有营养结构的解剖学检查显示，在前突中刺入的猎物具有功能适应性，主要由突出的，面向前的带刺刺组成。我们提供了这种新的捕猎行为在曼托德亚的整体描述，并假设了其进化起源和对Thespidae的适应性意义。