Paratoxodera Wood-Mason, 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 : 156

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3797.1.12

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6144256

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scientific name

Paratoxodera Wood-Mason, 1889
status

 

Paratoxodera Wood-Mason, 1889 View in CoL

Highly specialized stick mimics. Four species in Borneo, all rarely found, restricted to old-growth forests. Arboricolous, in the understorey.

Paratoxodera cornicollis Wood-Mason, 1889 §

Paratoxodera cornicollis Wood-Mason, 1889

= Paratoxodera cornicollis borneana Beier, 1931

Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo ( Roy 2009b).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Lanjak Entimau (1 m, CSUB); Brunei ( Beier 1931a).

Remarks. Bornean P. c or n i c o l l i s specimens usually lack the second metazonal lobe, which prompted Beier (1931a) to establish a new subspecies ( P. cornicollis borneana ). Listed as valid species in Ehrmann (2002), but shown to be only a variety by Roy (2009b).

Paratoxodera meggitti Uvarov, 1927 View in CoL

Distribution. S China, Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Borneo ( Uvarov 1927, Roy 2009b). Bornean records. Sabah: Crocker Range ( Roy 2009b).

Paratoxodera polyacantha Roy, 2009

Distribution. Sabah: Labuk River ( Roy 2009b).

Paratoxodera marshallae Roy, 2009

Distribution. Sumatra, N Borneo ( Roy 2009b). Bornean records. Sabah: Tawau Hills ( Roy 2009b).

Beier, M. (1931 a) Neue und interessante Mantiden. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, 6, 149 - 154.

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

Roy, R. (2009 b) Revision des Toxoderini sensu novo (Mantodea, Toxoderinae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 116 (1), 93 - 183.

Uvarov, B. P. (1927) A new mantid from Burma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9 (19), 658 - 659.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Mantodea

Family

Toxoderidae

SubFamily

Toxoderinae

Genus

Paratoxodera