Theopropus Saussure, 1898

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6144206

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scientific name

Theopropus Saussure, 1898
status

 

Theopropus Saussure, 1898 View in CoL

Related to Hymenopus and Parymenopus , exhibiting extreme sexual dimorphism with dwarf males. First instar nymphs mimic reduviid bugs. Four species in SE Asia ( Beier 1942, Yang & Zhang 1999, Ehrmann 2002). Arboricolous, restricted to forested habitats.

Theopropus borneensis Beier, 1942 View in CoL

Distribution. Borneo: Sarawak: Kuching (SMSM), Borneo Heights (CS in situ); Sabah: Sorinsim (AFUW), Poring Hot Springs (AFUW), Sandakan ( Hebard 1920), Mt. Kinabalu ( Beier 1942), Labuan Island ( Hebard 1920); Kalimantan: Balikpapan (SMNK).

Fam. Iridopterygidae Giglio-Tos, 1915 1

Beier, M. (1942) Neue und seltene Mantodeen aus deutschen Museen. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 52, 126 - 154.

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.

Saussure, H. de (1898) Analecta entomologica. I. Orthopterologica. Famille des Mantides. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 5, 183 - 248, 787 - 809.

Yang, C. & Wang, J. (1999) Mantodea. In: Fauna of Insects - Fujian Province of China. Vol. 1. Science and Technology Publisher of Fujian Province, Fuzhou, pp. 74 - 106.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Mantodea

Family

Hymenopodidae

SubFamily

Oxypilinae