Theopompa Stål, 1877
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6144156 |
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Theopompa Stål, 1877 |
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This is another lineage of bark-dwelling species, preferring the canopy layer of large trees. Predominantly Sundaian.
Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines, New Guinea (?) ( Stål 1877, Giglio-Tos 1927, Ehrmann 2002, Helmkampf et al. 2007, Bragg 2010; ZMB).
Bornean records. Sarawak: Lambir Hills ( Bragg 2010), Mt. Mulu ( Bragg 2010); Brunei: Kuala Belalong ( Bragg 2010), Selanjak River ( Bragg 2010); Sabah: Ulu Dusun ( Bragg 2010), Sepilok ( Bragg 2010), Long Pa Sia ( Bragg 2010), Danum Valley ( Helmkampf et al. 2007, Bragg 2010), Poring Hot Springs ( Helmkampf et al. 2007), Brumas ( Bragg 2010), Labuk River ( Bragg 2010), Crocker Range (AFUW), Maliau Basin (OK in situ), Darvel Bay (ZMB); Kalimantan: Wahnes (ZMB), Tengah ( Bragg 2010).
Remarks. Its occurrence in New Guinea ( Ehrmann 2002) is doubtful (no specimens listed by Beier 1965).
Theopompa borneana Giglio-Tos, 1917
Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Borneo ( Giglio-Tos 1927, Werner 1933, Ehrmann 2002, Bragg 2010).
Bornean records. Sarawak: Batang Ai (SMNK), Mt. Dulit ( Beier 1937), Mt. Mulu ( Bragg 2010); Sabah: Danum Valley ( Bragg 2010), Mt. Trus Madi ( Bragg 2010), Labuk River ( Bragg 2010), Sandakan ( Bragg 2010), Kretam River ( Bragg 2010); Kalimantan: Tengah ( Bragg 2010), Roetui River (ZMB), Wahnes (ZMB).
Remarks. Considered to be a synonym of T. burmeisteri ( De Haan, 1842) by Hebard (1920), but shown to be a valid species by Bragg (2010).
Fam. Tarachodidae Giglio-Tos, 1917 1 Subfam. Caliridinae Giglio-Tos, 1915 1,2
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. (1965) Die Mantodeen Neu-Guineas. Pacific Insects, 7 (3), 473 - 502.
Bragg, P. E. (2010) A review of the Liturgusidae of Borneo (Insecta: Mantodea). Sepilok Bulletin, 12, 21 - 36.
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. (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.
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. (1933) Funfter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mantodeen von Niederlandisch-Indien. Treubia, 14 (2), 255 - 272, pl. 8.
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Theopompa Stål, 1877
Schwarz, Christian J. & Konopik, Oliver 2014 |
Theopompa tosta Stål, 1877
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