Species Sphodropoda tristis (Saussure, 1871)
- Mantis tristis Saussure, H. de 1871. Mélanges Orthoptérologiques. Fasc. 3. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 21(1): 1-214 [93] [Milledge (2005) comments: 'Although Saussure described the species he attributed the name tristis to Brunner. Up until recently all subsequent authors except Westwood (1889) attributed the name to Saussure. Balderson et al. (1998) however attributed the name to Brunner in Saussure, but, as there is no indication that Brunner was responsible for the description, Saussure must be considered the author'].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, Fiji (as Les Îles Viti). - Sphodropoda moesta Giglio-Tos, E. 1911. Mantidi Esotici. II. Le Polispilote. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 42(1910): 3-38 [20].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMHU 3883 ♀, Qld, Cape York. - Sphodropoda mjobergi 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 [25].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM ♀♂, NW Australia, Kimberley district. - Sphodropoda papua Beier, M. 1965. Über einige Mantiden von der Insel Prince of Wales. Pacific Insects 7: 449-452 [489-490].
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 [193]
Generic Combinations
- Sphodropoda tristis (Saussure, 1871). —
Westwood, J.O. 1889. Revisio Insectorum Familie Mantidarum, Speciebus Novis aut Minus Cognitis Descriptis et Delineatis. London : Gurney & Jackson 53 pp. [pl. ii fig. 6] [13] - Hierodula (Sphodropoda) tristis (Saussure, 1871). —
Stål, C. 1871. Orthoptera quaedam africana. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 3: 375-401 [399]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Predator, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
First two instars dark coloured and antlike in appearance and behaviour, the abdomen being curled dorsally when active; later instars more like adult in behaviour and appearance.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished from others in the genus by the pattern of tubercles and colouration on the inner face of the foreleg.
Diagnosis References
Milledge, G.A. 2005. Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae). Records of the Australian Museum 57: 191-210 [198] (diagnosis)
History of changes
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| 14-May-2013 | MODIFIED |