Species Coenomantis kraussiana (Saussure, 1872)

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Species Coenomantis kraussiana (Saussure, 1872)

Pseudomantis kraussiana Saussure, H. de 1872. Mélanges Orthoptérologiques. Fasc. 4. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 23: 1-160 [25].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ adult, Australia (as La Nouvelle Hollande).
Thorodia melanoptera major Tindale, N.B. 1923. Review of Australian Mantidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 425-457 [453].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA 2♂ 5♀ adults, Heavitree (as Heavi Tree) Gap, Macdonnell Ranges (as Macdonnells) and Mereeni (as Mereenie) Bluff, NT, Kingoonya and Ooldea, SA.
Deiphobe australiana Giglio-Tos, E. 1916. Mantidi Esotici. Generi e specie nuove. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47(1915): 3-44 [24].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀ adults, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Beier, M. 1935. Mantodea: Fam. Mantidae: Subfam. Mantinae. Genera Insectorum 203: 1-146 [116]
Connors, M.G. 2023. Studies in Australian Mantodea: New synonyms, notes on distributions, and an updated checklist. Zootaxa 5239(4): 477-499 [484]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant, female flightless.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	MANTODEA	22-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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