Toxodera Audinet-Serville, 1869

Schwarz, Christian J. & Konopik, Oliver, 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), pp. 130-168 : 155

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Toxodera Audinet-Serville, 1869 View in CoL

= Eutoxodera Werner, 1930

Highly specialized stick mimics. There are four confirmed species in Borneo restricted to old-growth forests; all are rarely found. The SE Asian Toxoderini , recently revised by Roy (2009b), are understorey dwellers, other aspects of their ecology are, however, completely unknown. Males may be attracted to lights.

Toxodera maculata Ouwens, 1913 View in CoL

= Toxodera vana Yang, 1997

Distribution. S China, Laos, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo ( Roy 2009b).

Toxodera fimbriata Werner, 1930 View in CoL

= Toxodera spinigera Beier, 1931 View in CoL

Distribution. Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo ( Roy 2009b). Bornean records. Sabah: Kinabalu (Beier 1931).

Toxodera maxima Roy, 2009

Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Borneo ( Roy 2009b).

Bornean records. Sabah: Danum Valley (CSUB, living specimen depicted in Roy 2009b, page 105) Remarks. Females up to 168 mm long. This species was previously confused with Toxodera denticulata Audinet-Serville, 1837 . A damaged specimen found in the SMSM collection deposited under this name may belong to T. maxima . Definite records of T. denticulata from Borneo are lacking.

Toxodera hauseri Roy, 2009

Distribution. Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo ( Roy 2009b). Remarks. Roy (2009b) does not mention any Bornean specimen, but there is a photographic record of this species from Poring Hot Springs (Anker, pers. com.).

References

Audinet-Serville, J. - G. (1837) Nouveau genre d'Horthopteres de la famille des Mantides. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 6, 25 - 29.

Ouwens, P. A. (1913) Eenige weinig bekende Mantis of Roofsprinkhanen van Java. De Tropische Natuur, 9 (2), 122 - 123.

Roy, R. (2009 b) Revision des Toxoderini sensu novo (Mantodea, Toxoderinae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 116 (1), 93 - 183.

Werner, F. (1930) Uber asiatische Mantideen aus dem naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum in Stockholm. Arkiv for Zoologi, 21 A (34), 1 - 10, pls. 1 - 3.

Yang, C. (1997) Four new and rare species of mantids from Yunnan China (Insecta: Mantodea). Journal of Yunnan Agricultural University, 12 (4), 227 - 233.