Ceratocrania Westwood, 1889

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 : 143-144

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scientific name	Ceratocrania Westwood, 1889
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A monotypic Sundaian genus related to Phyllothelys . Arboricolous, prefers old-growth forests.

Ceratocrania macra Westwood, 1889 §

Ceratocrania macra Westwood, 1889

= Phyllothelys malayae Wood-Mason, 1889 Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo ( Wood-Mason 1889a, Giglio-Tos 1927, Werner 1933, Ehrmann 2002, Ehrmann & Roy 2009).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Lanjak Entimau (5 m, CSUB/SFDC), Mt. Dulit ( Beier 1937); Brunei: Kuala Belalong (OK in situ); Sabah: Poring Hot Springs ( Helmkampf et al. 2007); Kalimantan: Sambas (Werner 1922), Boven Mahakkam (Werner 1922).

Remarks. Widely distributed, but not very abundant. Males are readily attracted by lights. This species has also been recorded from Mt. Serapi (Windisch, pers. comm.)

Subfam. Hymenopodinae Giglio-Tos, 1915 1

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

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

Ehrmann, R. & Roy, R. (2009) Taxonomy and synonymy of Phyllothelys Wood-Mason (Dictyoptera: Mantodea). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (N. S.), 45 (1), 67 - 76. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00379271.2009.10697590

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

Helmkampf, M., Schwarz, C. J. & Beck, J. (2007) A first look at the biodiversity of praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) in Sabah, Borneo. Sepilok Bulletin, 7, 1 - 13.

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

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

Wood-Mason, J. (1889 a) Monograph of Phyllothelys, a genus of Mantodes peculiar to the Oriental Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4 (6), 365 - 368.