Amorphoscelis Stål, 1871

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 : 134-135

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Amorphoscelis Stål, 1871 View in CoL

A species-rich genus distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. They are found on bark and branches, where they feed mainly on ants ( Roy 1963). At least nine species occur in Borneo.

Amorphoscelis borneana Giglio-Tos, 1913 View in CoL

Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, E Borneo ( Hebard 1920, Roy 1967, 2011). Bornean record. Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu ( Roy 1967).

Amorphoscelis singaporana Giglio-Tos, 1915

Distribution. India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo (Roy 2011). Bornean record. Sabah: Netenam Agr. Res. Station (Roy 2011).

Amorphoscelis reticulata Werner, 1933 View in CoL

= Amorphoscelis micans Beier, 1937 View in CoL

Distribution. C & N Borneo ( Werner 1933, Roy 1967, 2011). Sarawak: Mt. Dulit ( Beier 1937); Sabah: Danum Valley (Roy 2011; AFUW); Kalimantan: Soekaranda ( Roy

1967), Liang Hveboeng (Roy 2011).

Amorphoscelis siebersi Werner, 1933 View in CoL

Distribution. C & N Borneo ( Werner 1933, Roy 1967, 2011). Sabah: Jesselton (Roy 2011).

Amorphoscelis subnigra Werner, 1933 View in CoL

Distribution. C & N Borneo ( Werner 1933, Roy 1967, 2011).

Brunei: S. Selanjak (Roy 2011); Sabah: Jesselton (Roy 2011), Crocker Range (AFUW).

Amorphoscelis rufula Roy, 1967 View in CoL

Distribution. NE Borneo: Sabah: Bettotan ( Roy 1967, 2011).

Amorphoscelis bimaculata Roy, 2011

Distribution. NE Borneo: Sabah: Danum Valley (Roy 2011).

Amorphoscelis huismani Roy, 2011

Distribution. N Borneo: Sabah: Netenam Agr. Res. Station; Lahad Datu; Segama (Roy 2011).

Amorphoscelis sp.

Distribution. N Borneo: Sabah (AFUW).

Remarks. undescribed species.

Fam. Thespidae Saussure, 1869 1

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

Giglio-Tos, E. (1913) Orthoptera, Fam. Mantidae, Subfam. Perlamantinae. Genera Insectorum, Fascicule 144, 1 - 13.

Hebard, M. (1920) Studies in Malayan, Papuan, and Australian Mantidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 71, 14 - 82.

Roy, R. (1963) V. Dictyoptera Mantodea (2 e note). In: La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, 66, pp. 163 - 206.

Roy, R. (1967) Contribution a la connaissance des Amorphoscelis de la region orientale (Mantodea Amorphoscelidae). II. Les especes d'Extreme-Orient. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 71, 261 - 273.

Saussure, H. de (1869) Essai d'un systeme des mantides. Mittheilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft, 3 (2), 49 - 73.

Stal, C. (1871) Orthoptera quaedam africana descripsit C. Stal. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Vorhandlingar, 28 (3), 375 - 401.

Werner, F. (1933) Funfter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mantodeen von Niederlandisch-Indien. Treubia, 14 (2), 255 - 272, pl. 8.