Hierodula Burmeister, 1838

Connors, Matthew G., 2023, Studies in Australian Mantodea: New synonyms, notes on distributions, and an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5239 (4), pp. 477-499 : 482

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scientific name	Hierodula Burmeister, 1838
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An extremely diverse and wide-ranging genus in desperate need of thorough taxonomic revision ( Schwarz & Konopik 2014; Vermeersch 2020). Seven species have been recorded from Australian territories, of which four are known to definitely occur: H. majuscula ( Tindale, 1923) (Queensland) , H. patellifera ( Audinet-Serville, 1838) ( Christmas Island), H. pustulifera ( Wood-Mason, 1878) (Queensland) , and H. werneri ( Giglio-Tos, 1912) (Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland). In addition, at least one further undescribed or previously unrecorded species is known from Cape York Peninsula and possibly northern Western Australia (E. Beaver pers. comm., M. Connors unpublished data).

References

Audinet-Serville, J. G. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthopteres. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 782 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 16081

Burmeister, H. (1838) Fangheuschrecken. Mantodea. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha, Erste Halfte (Vulgo Orthoptera), 2, 517 - 552.

Giglio-Tos, E. (1912) Mantidi Esotici V. Mantes, Tenoderae, Hierodulae et Rhomboderae. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 43, 3 - 167.

Schwarz, C. J. & Konopik, O. (2014) An annotated checklist of the praying mantises (Mantodea) of Borneo, including the results of the 2008 scientific expedition to Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak. Zootaxa, 3797 (1), 130 - 168. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3797.1.12

Tindale, N. B. (1923) Review of Australian Mantidae. Records of the South Australian Museum, 2, 425 - 457.

Vermeersch, X. H. C. (2020) Titanodula gen. nov., a new genus of giant Oriental praying mantises (Mantodea: Mantidae: Hierodulinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 100, 1 - 18.

Wood-Mason, J. (1878) On new and little-known Mantidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1878 (3), 580 - 587. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1878. tb 07990. x