Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Zopheromantis Tindale, 1924

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Genus Zopheromantis Tindale, 1924

 

Distribution

States

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


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

General References

Beier, M. 1935. Mantodea: Fam. Mantidae: Subfam. Mantinae. Genera Insectorum 203: 1-146 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Zopheromantis as a junior synonym of Sphodropoda,but no reasons given)

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

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)