Genus Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915

Museums

Regional Maps

• Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos, E. 1915. Mantidi Esotici. Generi e specie nuove. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 46(1914): 31-108 [59].

  Type species:

   Calofulcinia elegans Giglio-Tos, 1915 by original designation.
• Rawarena Tindale, N.B. 1930. Mantidae in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 343-347 [344].

  Type species:

   Rawarena paraoxypila Tindale, 1930 by original designation.
• Burgersia Werner, F. 1928. Zur Kenntnis der Mantodeenfauna des Hinterlandes von Kamerun und des Sepikgebietes von Neuguinea. Nebst Beschreibung einiger interessanter Arten aus anderen Landern. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 14: 12-41 [34].

  Type species:

   Burgersia chloeon Werner, 1928 by subsequent designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• La Greca, M. 1969. Su alcuni Mantodei dell'Australia e delle Filippine. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 77: 633-639 [636]

 

Introduction

Connors et al (2023) provide a key to the genus and group the Australian species into a Robust Group (C. paraoxypila) and a Gracile Group (C. australis and C. oxynota).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Connors, M.G., Yeeles, P., Lach, L. & Rentz, D.C.F. 2023. Revision of the genus Calofulcinia Giglio-Tos (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae) in Australia. Zootaxa 5296(3): 333-361 (key)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	MANTODEA	29-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)