Metallyticus Westwood, 1835
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Metallyticus Westwood, 1835 |
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Metallyticus Westwood, 1835 View in CoL
= Metalleutica Burmeister, 1838 View in CoL
Members of this lineage are bark-dwellers. Five species occur in Borneo.
Metallyticus splendidus Westwood, 1835 View in CoL §
= M. splendidus View in CoL var. viridi-auratus Westwood, 1889
Distribution. S India, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Pulau Pinang, Pulau Sinkep, Java, Borneo, Maluku Islands ( Ehrmann 2002, Wieland 2008).
Bornean records. Sarawak: Kuching ( Wieland 2008; SMSM), Limbang (SMSM), Mt. Matang (SMSM); Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu ( Wieland 2008); Kalimantan: Pontianac ( Wieland 2008), Poeloe Island (SMNK, specimen listed as M. violaceus in Wieland 2008).
Metallyticus violaceus ( Burmeister, 1838) View in CoL
Metalleutica violacea Burmeister, 1838
= Metalleutica vitripennis Burmeister, 1838
= Mantis chalybea Audinet-Serville, 1839
= Metallyticus splendidus View in CoL var. purpureus Westwood, 1889
Distribution. India (Kerala), Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Pulau Sinkep, Java, Borneo, Mindanao (Werner 1922, 1923, Ehrmann 2002, Wieland 2008).
Bornean records. Sarawak: Baram River (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1898, Wieland 2008); Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu ( Wieland 2008); Kalimantan: Mahakkam River ( Wieland 2008).
Metallyticus semiaeneus Westwood, 1889 View in CoL
Distribution. Sarawak ( Shelford 1903, Wieland 2008).
Bornean localities. Sarawak: Kuching (SMSM), Mt. Matang (SMSM).
Metallyticus fallax Giglio-Tos, 1917
Distribution. Sumatra, Borneo (Giglio-Tos 1917, Wieland 2008).
Metallyticus pallipes Giglio-Tos, 1917
Distribution. Borneo (Giglio-Tos 1917).
Remarks. somewhat enigmatic species, no data available since original description.
Fam. Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877 1
Burmeister, H. (1838) Fangheuschrecken. Mantodea. In: Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Halfte; vulgo Orthoptera). Enslin, Berlin, pp. 517 - 552.
Ehrmann, R. (2002) Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Munster, 519 pp.
Shelford, R. W. C. (1903) Bionomical notes on some Bornean Mantidae. Zoologist, 7 (4), 293 - 304.
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.
Westwood, J. O. (1835) Insectorum arachnoidumque novorum decades duo. Zoological Journal, 5, 440 - 453, pl. 22.
Westwood, J. O. (1889) Revisio insectorum familiae mantidarum, speciebus novis aut minus cognitis descriptis et delineates. Gurney & Jackson, London, 54 + III pp., 14 pls.
Wieland, F. (2008) The genus Metallyticus reviewed (Insecta: Mantodea). Species, Phylogeny and Evolution, 1 (3), 147 - 170.
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Metallyticus Westwood, 1835
Schwarz, Christian J. & Konopik, Oliver 2014 |
var. purpureus
Westwood 1889 |
Metallyticus semiaeneus
Westwood 1889 |
Mantis chalybea
Audinet-Serville 1839 |
Metalleutica
Burmeister 1838 |
Metallyticus violaceus (
Burmeister 1838 |
Metalleutica violacea
Burmeister 1838 |
Metalleutica vitripennis
Burmeister 1838 |
Metallyticus splendidus
Westwood 1835 |
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