Metaphotina austri Ferraz, Souza-Dias & Rivera sp. n. Figures (2–7, 9–11) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FB23C619-A0E6-4882-A1FB-7DA134723E07 Diagnosis (Fig. 2–7). Male (Fig. 2A): emerald green, rarely brown to reddish brown (Fig. 3A–C); small body size (14.18–21.36 mm); mesothoracic wing with central dark spot of varying intensity and spread (Fig. 4, 5A); metathoracic wings translucent and unpigmented (Fig. 5A); left margin of ventral phallomere (dorsal view) with sudden inflection anterior to spine-like, distal projection (Fig. 6B); well-sclerotized, prismatic-shaped afa of left phallomere (Fig. 6A). Female (Fig. 2B): emerald green, often mottled in white, rarely brown to reddish brown (Fig. 3D–F); small body size (14.9–16.1 mm); prominent vertex with deep parietal sulcus (Fig. 2D); mesothoracic wings distally tapered; distal half of the anal area featuring pale crossveins subtending the black membrane, and longitudinal veins alternating between pale and black (Fig. 5B). Measurements in Table 1.

Published as part of Ferraz, Bernardo R., Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. & Rivera, Julio, 2023, A hidden gem from Northeastern Brazil: A new species of Metaphotina Piza, 1964 (Mantodea, Acontistidae) ecologically linked to the Caatinga, pp. 31-54 in Zootaxa 5343 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8324170