Carolina vs Carolina

[yen_saw]

.....When he spoke of the same situation with your Rhombodera sp., was he referring to the ongoing and widely distributed species that you bred in 2007... versus what? The ones you collected on your trip? Or other previously existing ones that have the differences in the dark spot on the underside of the pronotum?

Yes, he was referring to the one currently widespread among hobbyists and the one collected from Tapah, Malaysia.

 

[Katnapper]

Yes, he was referring to the one currently widespread among hobbyists and the one collected from Tapah, Malaysia.

Hmmm.... interesting! You'll have to let us know of any future updates or confirmations... not to mention exact species identification

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[Christian]

Well, the Malaysian specimens are certainly Rh. basalis. I have dissected various genitalia of several specimens from Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Borneo, so there is no uncertainty about the identity of those ones. The only one which must be compared is the Indonesian stock. Please send me males of that one.

 

[davestreasurechest]

interesting, isnt the florida mantis same but larger? maybe a S. texacus (texas mantis)

 

[yen_saw]

interesting, isnt the florida mantis same but larger? maybe a S. texacus (texas mantis)

Florida has both Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) and Larger Florida mantis (Stagmomantis floridensis). Both are different species.