Species Hierodula (Hierodula) sternosticta Wood-Mason, 1882

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• Hierodula sternosticta Wood-Mason, J. 1882. On new and little-known Mantidae. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 51: 21-36 [31].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 2♂ 3♀ adults, 3♀ juvs, near Trinity Bay, QLD.
• Hierodula biroi Brancsik, C. 1897. Series Orthopterorum novorum. Jahresheft Naturwissenscheftlichen Vereins des Trencsiner Comitat 19-20: 52-85, tabs i-ii [dated 1897] [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype TTMB ♀ adult, Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, New Guinea (as germanica colonia in Nova-Guinea).
• Hierodula punctipectus Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1898. Orthopteren des Malayischen Archipels, gesammelt von Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal in den Jahren 1893 und 1894. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 24(2): 193-288, pls 16-20 [212].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NHRM ♀ adult, New Britain (as Insulae Nova Brittania) and New Guinea; whereabouts unknown ♀ adult (number unknown), New Britain (as Insulae Nova Brittania) and New Guinea.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beier, M. 1935. Mantodea: Fam. Mantidae: Subfam. Mantinae. Genera Insectorum 203: 1-146 [81]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)