Hapalopeza Stål, 1877

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 : 145

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Includes small, delicate-looking and rather colorful species distributed over most of S and SE Asia. Nymphs exhibit ant mimicry. Two subgenera are recognized ( Hapalopeza s. str. and Spilomantis ). One or two species of the nominate subgenus occur in Borneo. Arboricolous, also on high weeds and scrubs.

Hapalopeza (Hapalopeza) tigrina Westwood, 1889

Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan, Palawan ( Hebard 1920, Werner 1926, Beier 1966, Ehrmann 2002).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Kuching (Werner 1926; SMSM), Mt. Matang (Werner 1926; SMSM), Mt. Mulu (CS in situ), Mt. Murud ( Werner 1930), Mt. Dulit ( Beier 1937, as H. nitens ); Sabah: Poring Hot Springs ( Helmkampf et al. 2007; SMNK, AFUW), Pulau Gaya (AFUW), Crocker Range (AFUW), Sorinsim (AFUW), Sandakan ( Hebard 1920), Labuan Island ( Hebard 1920), AFUW); Kalimantan: Long Petak ( Werner 1933), Main ( Beier 1958, as H. nitens ), Tabang ( Beier 1958, as H. nitens ).

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.

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

Stal, C. (1877) Systema Mantodeorum. Essai d'une systematisation nouvelle des Mantodees. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar, 4 (10), 1 - 91, 1 pl.

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.

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