Species Zopheromantis loripes (Tindale, 1923)

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Species Zopheromantis loripes (Tindale, 1923)

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 .

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

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant; female flightless

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)
05-Jun-2024	MANTODEA	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
17-Nov-2022	MANTODEA	22-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
10-Jul-2014	MANTODEA	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
08-Jul-2014	MANTODEA	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED	Graham Milledge
		01-Jul-2014	MODIFIED

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