Ambivia Stål, 1877

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 : 141

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Ambivia Stål, 1877

Oriental genus of short-bodied, stick-mimicking mantids with a history of unstable systematic placement. Most authors assigned it to Acromantinae , in its current definition (e. g. Stål 1877, Westwood 1889, Brunner von Wattenwyl 1892, Giglio-Tos 1915a, 1919, 1927, Werner 1922a, 1927, 1933, Wang 1993, Mukherjee et al. 1995), but it was regarded as a member of Mantidae (exclusive Vatidae) by Lombardo (1995), until it found its current placement alongside Popa Stål, 1856 within Mantidae Vatinae in Ehrmann (2002) and Otte & Spearman (2005). However, the molecular phylogeny of Svenson & Whiting (2009) corroborated its original systematic position among Acromantinae . Arboricolous.

Ambivia undata ( Fabricius, 1793) §

Mantis undata Fabricius, 1793

= Ambivia popa Stål, 1877

Distribution. E India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo (Werner 1922, Giglio-Tos 1927, Beier 1956, Lombardo 1993, Ehrmann 2002). Bornean records. Sarawak: Mt. Matang ( Giglio-Tos 1915a); Kalimantan: Sambas (Werner 1922).

References

Beier, M. (1956) Mantiden aus Ceylon (Orth.). Ergebnisse einer Sammelreise von F. Keiser nach Ceylon 1953 / 54. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Basel, 67 (1), 33 - 40.

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

Fabricius, J. C. (1793) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Tom. III, Pars I. Prost, Hafniae, 4 + 487 pp.

Giglio-Tos, E. (1915 a) Mantidi esotici. VIII. Acromantinae. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino, 30 (702), 1 - 16.

Giglio-Tos, E. (1919) Saggio di una nuova classificazione dei mantidi. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 49, 50 - 87.

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

Lombardo, F. (1993) Studies on the Mantodea of Nepal (Insecta). Spixiana, 16 (3), 193 - 206.

Lombardo, F. (1995) A review of the genus Popa Stal 1856 (Insecta Mantodea). Tropical Zoology, 8, 257 - 267. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1995.10539285

Mukherjee, T. K., Hazra, A. K. & Ghosh, A. K. (1995) The Mantid Fauna of India (Insecta: Mantodea). Oriental Insects, 29, 185 - 358. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1995.10433744

Otte, D. & Spearman, L. (2005) Mantida species file - Catalog of the mantids of the world. Insect Diversity Association, Publication Number 1, Philadelphia, 489 pp.

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.

Wang, T. (1993) Synopsis on the classification of Mantodea from China. Shanghai Scientific and Technological Literature Publishing House, Shanghai, IV + 172 pp.

Werner, F. (1922 a) Zur Kenntnis der Mantodeenfauna der niederlandischen Kolonien. Zoologische Mededeelingen uitgegeven vanwege's Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden, 7 (1 - 2), 115 - 126.

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