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Species Miomantis caffra Saussure, 1871

Introduction

This South African mantis was first detected in Australia via citizen science and social media initiatives by Connors et al. (2022) and is now widespread in Norfolk Island, NSW, Vic and WA.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from South Africa.


Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

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 27-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
MANTODEA 06-Sep-2022 ADDED