Parablepharis Saussure, 1870

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 : 139

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A monotypic SE Asian genus with a rather unstable systematic history (see discussion in Roy 2008). Two subspecies are currently recognized; the nominate subspecies occurs in Borneo. They are arboricolous and rarely collected.

Parablepharis kuhlii kuhlii ( De Haan, 1842) View in CoL §

Mantis (Blepharis) kuhlii De Haan, 1842

Distribution. Java, Borneo ( Werner 1933, Roy 2008).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Mt. Matang ( Giglio-Tos 1915a); Sabah: N Sabah (AFUW).

Subfam. Acromantinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 1

References

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

Saussure, H. de (1870) Additions au systeme des mantides. Mittheilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft, 3 (5), 221 - 244.

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