Miromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

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 : 146

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scientific name	Miromantis Giglio-Tos, 1915
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Two species in SE Asia, one of which occurs in Borneo. Arboricolous.

Miromantis mirandula ( Westwood, 1889)

Miopteryx mirandula Westwood, 1889

= Miopteryx miranda Westwood, 1889: 19 (er r. des cr.)

Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands ( Giglio-Tos 1927, Beier 1937, 1958, Ehrmann 2002). Bornean records. Sarawak: Borneo Heights (CS in situ), Lanjak Entimau (1 m, CSUB), Mt. Dulit ( Beier 1937); Sabah: N Sabah (AFUW); Kalimantan: Mentawir ( Beier 1958), Moan ( Beier 1958), Wain ( Beier 1958).

References

Beier, M. (1937) Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak (Borneo), 1932. Mantodea. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 6 (9), 177 - 181. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1937. tb 01684. x

Beier, M. (1958) Mantiden aus dem Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (Orthoptera). Treubia, 24 (2), 245 - 247.

Ehrmann, R. (2002) Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Munster, 519 pp.

Giglio-Tos, E. (1927) Das Tierreich. 50. Lfg. - Orthoptera Mantidae. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin & Leipzig, XL + 707 pp.

Westwood, J. O. (1889) Revisio insectorum familiae mantidarum, speciebus novis aut minus cognitis descriptis et delineates. Gurney & Jackson, London, 54 + III pp., 14 pls.