Leptomantella (Leptomantella) Uvarov, 1940

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 : 138

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= Leptomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

These are slender, delicate-looking, arboricolous mantids. Several not well-defined species occur in SE Asia. The genus is in need of revision.

Leptomantella (L.) albella ( Burmeister, 1838) §

Mantis (Thespis) albella Burmeister, 1838: 533

= Leptomantis sumatrana Giglio-Tos, 1915: 88

Distribution. S China, Malay Peninsula, W Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Bawean, N Sulawesi, Talaud Islands, Philippines ( Werner 1933, Beier 1942, Ehrmann 2002; AFUW).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Lanjak Entimau (6 m, CSUB/SFDC), Mt. Dulit ( Beier 1937); Brunei: Kuala Belalong (OK in situ); Sabah: Crocker Range (CSUB); Kalimantan: Marah ( Werner 1933), Mentawir ( Beier 1958).

Remarks. Both sexes are easily attracted to lights. Their systematic placement remains unclear. This and the following genus are not related to Caliris Giglio-Tos, 1915 and Gildella Giglio-Tos, 1927 , as suggested by Beier (1935c, 1964 & 1968) and Ehrmann & Roy (in: Ehrmann 2002), and none of these genera shows any closer relationships to the Tarachodinae , with which they were united into one family. The molecular study by Svenson & Whiting (2009) indeed did neither confirm the assumed monophyly of Caliridinae (sensu Ehrmann 2002) nor a close relationship to Tarachodidae .

Leptomantella (L.) fragilis ( Westwood, 1889)

Musonia fragilis Westwood, 1889

Distribution. Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Labuan, Palawan, Sulawesi ( Werner 1933, 1934, Beier 1966, Ehrmann 2002).

Bornean records. Sabah: Sandakan ( Hebard 1920), Labuan Island ( Hebard 1920), Poring Hot Springs ( Helmkampf et al. 2007; CSUB), Danum Valley ( Helmkampf et al. 2007); Kalimantan: Pajan River ( Werner 1930), Mentawir ( Beier 1958), Wain ( Beier 1958).

References

Beier, M. (1935 c) Mantodea, Fam. Mantidae, Subfam. Mantinae. Genera Insectorum, Fascicule 203, 1 - 146. [Nachtrage 1937 c, 3 pp.]

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. (1942) Neue und seltene Mantodeen aus deutschen Museen. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 52, 126 - 154.

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

Beier, M. (1964) Blattopteroidea, Mantodea. In: Bronn, H. G. (Ed.), Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. Funfter Band: Arthropoda. III Abteilung: Insecta. Geest & Portig, Leipzig, pp. 849 - 970.

Beier, M. (1966) Noona Dan Papers No. 29. Die Mantiden der Noona Dan Expedition nach den Philippinen und Bismarck Inseln. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 34, 361 - 370.

Beier, M. (1968) 12. Mantodea (Fangheuschrecken). In: Helmcke, J. - G., Starck, D., Wermuth, H. (Eds.), Handbuch der Zoologie. IV. Band: Arthropoda - 2: Insecta. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, pp. 1 - 47.

Burmeister, H. (1838) Fangheuschrecken. Mantodea. In: Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Halfte; vulgo Orthoptera). Enslin, Berlin, pp. 517 - 552.

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.

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

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. (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.

Werner, F. (1934) Mantides et Phasmides recuellis dans les Indes Orientales. Bulletin du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 10 (22), 1 - 5.

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