Bornean mantids (identification request)

[Basal Lineage]

Hello, everyone.

I just got back from six weeks in Malaysia with Harvard University's Biodiversity of Borneo field course. I've tentatively ID'd a number of the mantids I encountered; if you could correct or refine any of my designations, I'd really appreciate it. Let me know if you want additional photos/shots from different angles, and I'll see what I have.

Color is more or less true to life, though -- apart from flash-bleaching -- the inner surfaces of some specimens' raptorial arms were not so vivid to the naked eye. Laminated blue grid seen in some images is composed of 0.25 in. (6.34 mm) squares.

1. Unknown nymph, ~15 mm total length

Niah National Park, Miri, Sarawak

2. Unknown adult

Lambir Hills National Park, Miri, Sarawak

3. Ceratocrania macra?, ~70 mm total length

Lambir Hills National Park, Miri, Sarawak

4. Hierodula sp.?

Lambir Hills National Park, Miri, Sarawak

5. Rhombodera sp.?

Lambir Hills National Park, Miri, Sarawak

6. Tropidomantis sp.?, ~15 mm total length

Lambir Hills National Park, Miri, Sarawak

7. Unknown adult, ~15 mm total length

Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, Pulau Gaya, Sabah

8. Tropidomantis sp.?

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

9. Hierodula sp.?, ~100 mm total length

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

10. Theopompa sp.?, ~50 mm total length

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

 

[Basal Lineage]

11. Deroplatys dessicata?, ~75 mm total length

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

12. Rhombodera sp.?, ~75 mm total length

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

13. Theopompa sp.?, ~50 mm total length

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

14. Unknown nymph, ~10 mm

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

15. Hierodula sp.?, ~100 mm

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

16. Unknown adult, prob. ~20 mm

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

17. Unknown adult, prob. ~15 mm

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

18. Unknown adult, prob. ~20 mm

Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah

Here's a Phasmid to make up for the poor quality of these last few images:

 

[Rick]

Welcome to the site. Those are wonderful pictures.

 

[Fisherman_Brazil]

Good job indeed! Wish I were in the trip.

 

[Peter Clausen]

Thank you for sharing your images with our community. As you collect information, we'd appreciate any updates you have on your photos. Hopefully a few of our members from that area will be able to assist you in classifying these.

If you have any cockroach photos, we'd love to see them on our sister site at Roachforum.com

 

[hibiscusmile]

absolutely wonderful, do u need a wife?

 

[yen_saw]

Just a guess…..

1. Theopropus sp.

2. Gonypeta or Amantis sp

3. Same guess

4. Camelomantis sp.

5. Same guess

6. Same guess

7. Odontomantis sp.

8. Same guess

9. Same guess

10. Humbertiella sp.

11. Same guess

12. Same guess

13. Same guess

14. Same guess

15. Same guess

16. Acromantis sp

17. Tropidomantis sp.

18. Acromantis sp.

Nice stick insect!

 

[hierodula]

Welcome, those are nice pics

 

[hierodula]

Welcome, those are nice pics

 

[Christian]

Hi.

1: Theopropus sp. nymph

2: Amantis sp. female

3: Ceratocrania macra male

4: Camelomantis cf. moultoni male

5: Rhombodera basalis/valida male

6: Tropidomantis tenera

7: Odontomantis planiceps

8: Tropidomantis tenera male

9: Hierodula heteroptera

10: Humbertiella ocularis male

11: Deroplatys desiccata male

12: Rhombodera basalis/valida male

13: Theopompa cf. tosta male

14: forget it...

15: Hierodula sp. male

16: Acromantis cf. moultoni female

15: Tropidomantis tenera

18: Psychomantis borneensis male

Phasmid: Haaniella sp. nymph

Greets,

C.