Family HYMENOPODIDAE
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John Balderson, D.C.F. Rentz & Alison M.E. Roach, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
Hymenopodidae are distinguished from other Mantodea by the external spines on the anterior tibia which are reclinate and very closely spaced. The head is frequently adorned with spines and the tips of the wings are usually abruptly terminated. The family has a worldwide, tropical distribution.
The only species recorded from Australia belongs to the genus Acromantis and is found on Cape York Peninsula. The genus is most extensively developed in Indonesia although it is found also in Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and New Guinea.
General References
Balderson, J. 1988. Acromantis australis Saussure (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae: Acromantinae): a new family and subfamily record for Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 15(3): 81-84
Beier, M. 1964. Blattopteroidea Mantodea. pp. 849-970 in Bronns, H.G. (ed.). Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. Vol. 5 Arthropoda, Part III Insecta, Book 6, Number 5. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Geest & Portig K.-G.
Beier, M. 1968. Mantodea (Fangheuschrecken). Handbuch der Zoologie, Berlin IV Arthropoda 4: 1-47
Chopard, L. 1949. Super-Ordre des Blattoptéroides. Ordre des Dictyoptères Leach, 1818. Sous-Ordre des Mantodea Burmeister, 1838. pp. 386-402 in Grassé, P.P. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Insectes. Paris : Masson & Cie Vol. 9.
Saussure, H. de 1870. Additions au système des Mantides. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin of the Société Entomologique Suisse 3: 221-244
Saussure, H. de 1871. Mélanges Orthoptérologiques. Fasc. 3. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 21(1): 1-214
Svenson, G.J., Hardy, N.B., Cahill Wightman, H.M. & Wieland, F. 2015. Of flowers and twigs: phylogenetic revision of the plant-mimicking praying mantises (Mantodea: Empusidae and Hymenopodidae) with a new suprageneric classification. Systematic Entomology 40(4): 789–834
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |