Species Pseudomantis dimorpha (Werner, 1911)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hierodula dimorpha Werner, F. 1911. Die Mantodeen der Aru- und Kei Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 389-396 [394].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW ♂ 2♀ adults, NSW.
• Austromantis gracilis 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 [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀ adult, Broome, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beier, M. 1935. Mantodea: Fam. Mantidae: Subfam. Mantinae. Genera Insectorum 203: 1-146 [115]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant, female flightless.

 

History of changes

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