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

Toxodera Audinet-Serville, 1869

= 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 (2009 b), are understorey dwellers, other aspects of their ecology are, however, completely unknown. Males may be attracted to lights.

Toxodera maculata Ouwens, 1913

= Toxodera vana Yang, 1997

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

Toxodera fimbriata Werner, 1930

= Toxodera spinigera Beier, 1931

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

Toxodera maxima Roy, 2009

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

Bornean records. Sabah: Danum Valley ( CSUB, living specimen depicted in Roy 2009 b, 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 2009 b). Remarks. Roy (2009 b) does not mention any Bornean specimen, but there is a photographic record of this species from Poring Hot Springs (Anker, pers. com.).