Species Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis Saussure, 1870
- Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis Saussure, H. de 1870. Additions au système des Mantides. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin of the Société Entomologique Suisse 3: 221-244 [227].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP adults (depository uncertain), TAS. - Paraoxypilus flavifemur Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-60, pl. 1-4 [3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM 2♂ adults, Mt Tamborine (as Tambourine) and Blackall (as Blackal) Ranges, QLD. - Paraoxypilus distinctus Beier, M. 1929. Einige neue Mantiden aus der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 80: 129-133 [129].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW ♂ adult, Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Milledge, G.A. 2024. Review of the genera Glabromantis, Paraoxypilus, and Phthersigena (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae). Records of the Australian Museum 76(2): 69-103 [71]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern coastal QLD through south-eastern Australia to SA and west to southwest WA, also eastern TAS
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Male volant, female flightless.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2024 | MANTODEA | 25-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |