Species Zopheromantis loripes (Tindale, 1923)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphodropoda loripes Tindale, N.B. 1923. Review of Australian Mantidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 425-457 [446].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAM I-14071 ♂, QLD, Cunnamulla.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Milledge, G.A. 2005. Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae). Records of the Australian Museum 57: 191-210 [210].
• Zopheromantis trimaculata Tindale, N.B. 1924. Review of Australian Mantidae. Part 2. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 547-552 [551].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAM I-14590 ♀, South Australia, Teetulpa.

  Secondary source:

   Milledge, G.A. 2005. Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae). Records of the Australian Museum 57: 191-210 [208] (designated as new synonym).
• Hierodula trimaculata Beier, M. 1935. Mantodea: Fam. Mantidae: Subfam. Mantinae. Genera Insectorum 203: 1-146 [82].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Milledge, G.A. 2005. Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae). Records of the Australian Museum 57: 191-210 [208]

 

Generic Combinations

• Zopheromantis loripes (Tindale, 1923). —
  Milledge, G.A. 2005. Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae). Records of the Australian Museum 57: 191-210 [208]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Arid regions of the continent .

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, W plateau
  • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, shrubs (associated flora: Acacia spp. [FABACEAE] Wattle).

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant; female flightless

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Nov-2022	MANTODEA	22-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
10-Jul-2014	MANTODEA	22-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
08-Jul-2014	MANTODEA	22-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Graham Milledge
		01-Jul-2014	MODIFIED