Gonypeta Saussure, 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 : 147-148

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Members of this genus are usually found on the ground and low vegetation. Six species in S and SE Asia, two in Borneo.

Gonypeta punctata punctata ( De Haan, 1842) § Mantis (Oxypilus) punctata De Haan, 1842 = Gonypeta humbertiana Saussure, 1869

Distribution. Malay Peninsula, N Sumatra, Java, N Borneo ( Werner 1923, 1924, 1930, 1933, Kaltenbach 1994).

Gonypeta borneana Giglio-Tos, 1915

Distribution. Java, Sumatra, Borneo ( Giglio-Tos 1915c, Werner 1922, 1933, Beier 1931a, Kaltenbach 1994). Bornean records. Sarawak: Mt. Dulit ( Beier 1937); Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu ( Beier 1931b; ZMB, ZMUH),

Labuan Island ( Hebard 1920).

Remarks. A male specimen in the ZMB identified as Myrcinus tuberosus Stål, 1877 belongs to this species.

References

Beier, M. (1931 a) Neue und interessante Mantiden. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, 6, 149 - 154.

Beier, M. (1931 b) Neue und seltene Mantodeen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg, 45, 1 - 21.

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

De Haan, W. (1842) Bijdragen tot de Kennis der Orthoptera Zoologie. Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche Bezittingen door de Leden der Natuurkundige commisie in Indie et andere Schrijvers, 6, 45 - 248, 13 pl.

Giglio-Tos, E. (1915 c) Mantidi esotici. Generi e specie nuove. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 46, 134 - 200.

Hebard, M. (1920) Studies in Malayan, Papuan, and Australian Mantidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 71, 14 - 82.

Kaltenbach, A. (1994) Eine neue Art der Gattung Gonypeta Saussure aus Thailand. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 96 B, 69 - 73.

Saussure, H. de (1869) Essai d'un systeme des mantides. Mittheilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft, 3 (2), 49 - 73.

Stal, C. (1877) Systema Mantodeorum. Essai d'une systematisation nouvelle des Mantodees. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar, 4 (10), 1 - 91, 1 pl.

Werner, F. (1923) Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mantodeen von Niederlandisch-Indien. Treubia, 3 (3 - 4), 387 - 404.

Werner, F. (1924) Dritter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mantodeen von Niederlandisch-Indien. Treubia, 5 (1 - 3), 259 - 266.

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

Werner, F. (1933) Funfter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mantodeen von Niederlandisch-Indien. Treubia, 14 (2), 255 - 272, pl. 8.