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Congo green mantis (Alalomantis coxalis)
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brancsikia
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This species is a very good example how wrong information becomes widely accepted in the world wide web.
1. get a species that is easy to breed without information (text and pictures) in the www
2. give it a name (mybe wrong maybe correct)
3. breed the species successful and distribute it worldwide with the name
4. people will post maybe hundreds of pictures and reports (and google hits)
DONE
1. get a species that is easy to breed without information (text and pictures) in the www
2. give it a name (mybe wrong maybe correct)
3. breed the species successful and distribute it worldwide with the name
4. people will post maybe hundreds of pictures and reports (and google hits)
DONE
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Hi
You start to make a fool of yourself now with your ignorace towards "the germans". Don't you like germans? brancsikia and me may not be good representatives of "the germans". Anyway, the "germans" cprrected the missidentification of the species we are talking about already more than a year ago. But because other people are also ignorant and not correct the name and sell the animals with the wrong name, now you still believe in the wrong, missidentificated name.
Anyway, I am happy I can halp you
You start to make a fool of yourself now with your ignorace towards "the germans". Don't you like germans? brancsikia and me may not be good representatives of "the germans". Anyway, the "germans" cprrected the missidentification of the species we are talking about already more than a year ago. But because other people are also ignorant and not correct the name and sell the animals with the wrong name, now you still believe in the wrong, missidentificated name.
Anyway, I am happy I can halp you
brancsikia
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Thanks, you are very polite and I see it becomes a question of Germans and other nationalities. And sorry, I just checked there are not hundreds but thousends of google hits for the wrong "Alalomantis coxalis".
So I provide some information for people who are interested in correct identification and who could accept that it is not a question of "I know and google hits" but of "science, descriptions and taxonomy":
The genus Alalomantis was described 1917 by Giglio-Tos. It contains 2 species: A. coxalis and A. muta. The description of the genus contains an easy visible character "interior of the fore coxa with whitish-yellow dots independent from the spines, between these glossy black".
It is very distinct as you can see.
Maybe these characters are present in your species too. Please post pictures.
Thanks!
@Peter: Maybe you could move the information into another category.
So I provide some information for people who are interested in correct identification and who could accept that it is not a question of "I know and google hits" but of "science, descriptions and taxonomy":
The genus Alalomantis was described 1917 by Giglio-Tos. It contains 2 species: A. coxalis and A. muta. The description of the genus contains an easy visible character "interior of the fore coxa with whitish-yellow dots independent from the spines, between these glossy black".
It is very distinct as you can see.
Maybe these characters are present in your species too. Please post pictures.
Thanks!
@Peter: Maybe you could move the information into another category.
germans are great they knocked england outta the world cup :lol: well i bought these as congo green (alaomantis coxalis) from hann GERMANY i have pictures of nymphs in other threads i just said ( facepalm clip)
well i bought these as congo green (alaomantis coxalis) from hann GERMANY i have pictures of nymphs in other threads i just said ( facepalm clip)i checked the nyphs the have NO black or white , they have red legs and green arms some have red along the spine and green legs some just all green :blink: i tried to take pics but i only have a camera phone they they keep jumping off my finger onto the phone :huh: admin can feel free to edit this topic as THE GERMANS appear to be correct :lol: but if u google congo green on you tube or many other internet forums this species is called congo green ??
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brancsikia
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You are right with google, youtube flickr etc.
I do not have problems with the common name Congo green mantis (at least not more problems than with common names for 2400 mantid species in general) and it should be correct to sell these as Congo green mantis because it is a green species from Congo.
Just avoid the scientific name Alalomantis coxalis. This is not correct and was presumably given by the guy who imported the species from Congo.
Unfortunately he does not know much about taxonomy and mantid identification and he does not care to multiply wrong information in the web.
Cheers
I do not have problems with the common name Congo green mantis (at least not more problems than with common names for 2400 mantid species in general) and it should be correct to sell these as Congo green mantis because it is a green species from Congo.
Just avoid the scientific name Alalomantis coxalis. This is not correct and was presumably given by the guy who imported the species from Congo.
Unfortunately he does not know much about taxonomy and mantid identification and he does not care to multiply wrong information in the web.
Cheers
admin can change/edit the scientific name (if they feel so),that photo you added brancsikia (A. muta) its common name is a cameroon mantis not a congo green
, Most of the Sphodromantis species are often named african mantis or a variation of the name with African it it even if they if they are different species, this being one of the problems with "common" names. In this case Congo Greens were originally identified as Alalomantis coxalis this was later changed to Sphodromantis aurea, hence why they are sometimes sold under both names.4 for 20€
8 for 30€
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