Sphodromantisviridis (Forskal, 1775): New for Portugal and new records of the rare and small mantids Apteromantisaptera (Fuente, 1894) and Perlamantisallibertii Guerin-Meneville, 1843 in the country (Mantodea: Mantidae and Amorphoscelidae) Marabuto, Eduardo Rodrigues, Ivo Henriques, Sergio S Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1037 1037 Fuente, 1894 Fuente 1894 Insecta Mantidae Apteromantis CoL Animalia Apteromantis aptera Mantodea 0 1037 Arthropoda species aptera  Materials  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: Grosso-Silva & Soares-Vieira (2004); Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Algarve; county: Faro; locality: UTM: 29SPB32; verbatimLocality: Malhao, Castro Marim; Event: eventDate: 7-03-2004 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceDetails: Boieiro et al. (2007); Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Baixo Alentejo; county: Beja; municipality: Castro Verde; locality: UTM: 29SNB97; verbatimLocality:, Herdade Belver, S. Marcos da Ataboeira; locationRemarks: Natura 2000: PTZPE0046; Event: eventDate: 2006-05-25/06-13 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Eduardo Marabuto, Ivo Rodrigues; individualCount: 2; Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Baixo Alentejo; county: Moura; municipality: Sobral da Adica; locality: UTM: 29SPC50; verbatimLocality: Serra de Ficalho; locationRemarks: Natura 2000: PTCON0053; verbatimLatitude: 37° 58.04N; verbatimLongitude: 7° 16.63W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 2-04-2008 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy:  SergioHenriques; individualCount: 3; Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Alto Alentejo; county: Evora; municipality: Evora; locality: UTM: 29SNC86; verbatimLocality: Herdade da Mitra; verbatimLatitude: 38° 31.62N; verbatimLongitude: 8° 01.19W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 24-10-2008 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Eduardo Marabuto; individualCount: 1; Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Baixo Alentejo; county: Beja; municipality: Beringel; locality: UTM: 29SNC81; verbatimLocality: 2km SW of Beringel; verbatimLatitude: 37° 02.90N; verbatimLongitude: 7° 59.93W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 3-05-2009 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy:  SergioHenriques; individualCount: 3; Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Algarve; county: Faro; municipality: Castro Marim; locality: UTM: 29SPB32; verbatimLocality: Azinhal; locationRemarks: Natura 2000: PTCON0036; verbatimLatitude: 37° 17.19N; verbatimLongitude: 7° 27.51W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 15-03-2010 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Eduardo Marabuto, Fernando Romao; individualCount: 3; Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Baixo Alentejo; county: Beja; municipality: SaoBrissos; locality: UTM: 29SNC91; verbatimLocality: SaoBrissos quarry; verbatimLatitude: 37° 04.85N; verbatimLongitude: 7° 57.02W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 10-04-2011 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Francisco Barros; individualCount: 1; sex: female; Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Alto Alentejo; county: Portalegre; municipality: Campo Maior; locality: UTM: 29SPD61; verbatimLocality: Nossa Senhora Expectacao; locationRemarks: Natura 2000: PTCON0030; verbatimLatitude: 38° 57.73N; verbatimLongitude: 7° 04.62W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 1-12-2011 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy:  SergioHenriques; individualCount: >30; Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Baixo Alentejo; county: Beja; municipality: Castro Verde; locality: UTM: 29SNB96; verbatimLocality: Viseus; locationRemarks: Natura 2000: PTZPE0046; verbatimLatitude: 37° 39.67N; verbatimLongitude: 7° 57.40W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 6-04-2012 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Francisco Barros; individualCount: 1; Location: country: Portugal; stateProvince: Alto Alentejo; county: Evora; municipality: Reguengos Monsaraz; locality: UTM: 29SPC25; verbatimLocality: Reguengos Monsaraz; verbatimLatitude: 38° 25.90N; verbatimLongitude: 7° 34.05W; verbatimCoordinateSystem: degrees decimal minutes; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 28-05-2012  Ecological interactions  Conservation status  Apteromantis apterais the only mantis species represented in the European Bern Convention (Annex II and IV) and Habitats Directive. Therefore it is the only species whose populations and habitats must be assessed periodically in the context of the Natura 2000 ecological network. Although this species is patchily distributed over the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula, it may be locally abundant (R. Obregonpers. com.). On overall, however, it is considered as "Seriously threatened" ( Battiston et al. 2010) and is officially protected in Spain. Globally (although by the time it was assessed there were no Portuguese records), the IUCN still considers this species as "Near Threatened" ( IUCN 1996), despite the expressed idea of a much needed revision.  Distribution An Atlanto-Mediterranean species, this Iberian endemic mantis is generally limited to the southern parts of the Peninsula, where most records originate from Andalucia ( Pascual Torres 2005,  Obregonand Lopez2009) but is found up to the latitude of Madrid and Cuenca. The most up-to-date distribution map of the species in Spain is provided by  Obregonand Gutierrez(2013)who also provided new records for Huelva and Badajoz provinces, contiguous to the Portuguese territory and complement Pascual Torres (2012). Before, Pascual Torres (2011)projected the suitable distribution area for the species in Spain, with a high probability of occurrence near the border with Portugal to the south of the central mountain system. In Portugal, this species was found only twice, in March of 2004 ( Grosso-Silva and Soares-Vieira 2004) and later by Boieiro et al. (2007)in the southeasternmost third of the country. In Morocco, Apteromantis apterais replaced by vicariant sister species Apteromantis bolivari(Werner, 1931), where it is local and poorly known ( Battiston et al. 2012). 2004-03-07 Portugal UTM: 29 SPB 32 0 1037 1 Other material 2006-05-25 Portugal UTM: 29 SNB 97 0 1037 1 Other material 2008-04-02 ad hoc observation Eduardo Marabuto, Ivo Rodrigues Portugal 58.04 UTM: 29 SPC 50 628 -16.63 0 1037 2 Other material 2008-10-24 ad hoc observation Sergio Henriques Portugal 31.62 UTM: 29 SNC 86 729 -1.19 0 1037 3 Other material 2009-05-03 ad hoc observation Eduardo Marabuto Portugal 2.9 UTM: 29 SNC 81 784 -59.93 0 1037 1 Other material 2010-03-15 ad hoc observation Sergio Henriques Portugal 17.19 UTM: 29 SPB 32 767 -27.51 0 1037 3 Other material 2011-04-10 ad hoc observation Eduardo Marabuto, Fernando Romao Portugal 4.85 UTM: 29 SNC 91 783 -57.02 0 1037 3 Other material 2011-12-01 ad hoc observation Francisco Barros Portugal 57.73 UTM: 29 SPD 61 629 -4.62 0 1037 1 1 Other material 2012-04-06 ad hoc observation Sergio Henriques Portugal 39.67 UTM: 29 SNB 96 700 -57.4 0 1037 > Other material 2012-05-28 ad hoc observation Francisco Barros Portugal 25.9 UTM: 29 SPC 25 746 -34.05 0 1037 1 Other material