Species Glabromantis unicornis (Tindale, 1923)
- Glabromantis unicornis Tindale, N.B. 1923. Review of Australian Mantidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 425-457 [430].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA 6♂ 4♀ adults, Murray River, Pugonda, Tintinara, Murat Bay and Lake Frome, SA and Illamurta, NT. - Glabromantis unicornis pallidifemur Tindale, N.B. 1923. Review of Australian Mantidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 425-457 [431].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA 3♂ 2♀ adults, Kingoonya and Mt Painter, Flinders Range, SA and NE corner, SA.
Generic Combinations
- Glabromantis pallidifemur (Tindale, 1923). —
Tindale, N.B. 1930. Mantidae in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 343-347 [344] (treated as species) - Phthersigena pallidifemur (Tindale, 1923). —
Hinton, H.E. 1939. Notes on Australian Mantidae (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 282-289 - Phthersigena unicornis (Tindale, 1923). —
Hinton, H.E. 1939. Notes on Australian Mantidae (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 282-289 (new combination, Glabromantis as synonym of Phthersigena)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Arid parts of southern and central Australia
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Male volant, female flightless.