Amantis Giglio-Tos, 1916

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 : 148-149

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= Cimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

= Shirakia Beier, 1935

This is a taxonomically difficult genus in need of revision. As many as 22 currently recognized species distributed across S and SE Asia. Bornean species are found mainly on the ground and low vegetation, a few congenerics are arboricolous.

Amantis reticulata ( De Haan, 1842) §

Mantis (Oxypilus) reticulata De Haan, 1842

= Amantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915

Distribution. Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan ( Hebard 1920, Giglio-Tos 1927, Werner 1930, 1933, Beier 1958, 1966).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Borneo Heights (CS in situ), Batang Ai (SMNK), Mt. Dulit ( Beier 1937), Mt. Mulu (CS in situ); Brunei: Kuala Belalong (OK in situ); Sabah: Kalabakan (OK in situ), Labuan Island ( Hebard 1920); Kalimantan: Mentawir (Beier 1959), Moeara Antjaloeng ( Werner 1933).

Remarks. Ehrmann (2002) lists “ Iridopteryx infumata Bolivar, 1897 ” among the list of synonyms, but I. infumata was described by Saussure (1872) and is today included in Gonypetella Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Africa) .

Amantis tristis Werner, 1933

Distribution. Talaud Islands, Sangiri Islands, SE Borneo ( Werner 1933). Bornean records. Kalimantan: Moeara Antjaloeng ( Werner 1933).

References

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

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.

Bolivar, I. (1897) Les Orthopteres de St-Joseph's College a Trichinopoly (Sud de l'Inde). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 66, 282 - 316. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 66023

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.

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

Giglio-Tos, E. (1916) Mantidi esotici. Generi e specie nuove. Bullettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 47, 3 - 44.

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.

Saussure, H. de (1872) Melanges orthopterologiques. IV me Fascicule. Mantides et Blattides. Memoires de la Societe de physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Geneve, 23 (2), 1 - 164.

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.