Mantids in Singapore

[MantidLord]

Hi all, I'll be traveling to Singapore in 12 days for study abroad for an academic year. I was wondering if any one had any information on what species of mantids can be found there but more importantly when they can be found. I don't know if mantids in the tropics follow the same pattern as those in the US (hatch in the spring, develop in the summer, die in the fall) since there are only two real seasons in Singapore (rain and dry) but the temp is pretty constant.

I also know that some species can be found there such as Hierodula sp and tropidomantis sp. Anything else?

 

[bobericc]

malaysia boasts some of the nicer rare mantids such as hymenopus and toxodera, not to mention my favorite, rhombodera. But these are very difficult to find due to their amazing camouflage

 

[mantiseater]

I read that they have boxer mantids,banded flower mantid, Acromantis, Archimantis latistyla, Pachymantis bicingulata, Majangella moultoni, Deroplatys lobata, Ceratocrania macra, Metallyticus splendidus, odontomantis, Deroplatys desiccata, Leptomantella sp, and much more. If you want to see any think else you might want to catch while youre there go to http://sgmacro.blogspot.com.

 

[gripen]

I read that they have boxer mantids,banded flower mantid, Acromantis, Archimantis latistyla, Pachymantis bicingulata, Majangella moultoni, Deroplatys lobata, Ceratocrania macra, Metallyticus splendidus, odontomantis, Deroplatys desiccata, Leptomantella sp, and much more. If you want to see any think else you might want to catch while youre there go to http://sgmacro.blogspot.com.

no archimantis.

 

[mantiseater]

no archimantis.

Do you know what species this is on this website? http://sgmacro.blogspot.com/search?q=Archimantis+latistyla

 

[Dracus]

Do you know what species this is on this website? http://sgmacro.blogspot.com/search?q=Archimantis+latistyla

It's Euchomenella sp. nymph (Nicky Bay forgot to correct that mistake in the blog ). Archimantis inhabits only Australia.

I actually wanted to suggest his great blog (and Flickr) too, because he almost always specifies the place where pictures were taken.

 

[gripen]

Do you know what species this is on this website? http://sgmacro.blogspot.com/search?q=Archimantis+latistyla

It's Euchomenella sp. nymph. Archimantis inhabits only Australia.

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[happy1892]

Mantis with Statilia like markings on front legs but its whole body is different. Can anyone ID?

http://www.mantodea.ch/?tx_speciesdb_pi1[species]=138&tx_speciesdb_pi1[v]=species

 

[happy1892]

Yes, I think Euchomenella.

http://www.mantodeenforum.de/index.php?page=Thread&postID=5185&highlight=euchomenella#post5185

But many genera in the tribe.

http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1183528

 

[Dracus]

Mantis with Statilia like markings on front legs but its whole body is different. Can anyone ID?

http://www.mantodea.ch/?tx_speciesdb_pi1[species]=138&tx_speciesdb_pi1[v]=species

It is Phyllothelys breve (Wang, 1993)

Yes, I think Euchomenella.

http://www.mantodeenforum.de/index.php?page=Thread&postID=5185&highlight=euchomenella#post5185

But many genera in the tribe.

http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1183528

Well, it is Euchomenella Indomenella has different ratio of prozone to metazone, Mythomantis has long spikes at the end of middle and hind femora, Tagalomantis's basisternum is with tubercules, and other genera simply do not occur in this region. As for the exact species, it is very difficult to tell from a nymph.

 

[happy1892]

It is Phyllothelys breve (Wang, 1993)

Thank you That species is not listed here. Why? Is it a reliable source?

http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184807

It says angustipennis is a subspecies of Tenodera aridifolia. I am guessing by Tenodera aridifolia angustipennis they mean the Narrow-winged Mantis.

http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184314

 

[Dracus]

Thank you That species is not listed here. Why? Is it a reliable source?

http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184807

It says angustipennis is a subspecies of Tenodera aridifolia. I am guessing by Tenodera aridifolia angustipennis they mean the Narrow-winged Mantis.

http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184314

It is a decent and useful resource with its own share of mistakes. For such a big database and a complex group elimination of these mistakes is a long process. In MSF at present the species breve is placed in the genus Kishinouyeum which has been recently synonimized with Phyllothelys (Ehrmann and Roy, 2009). Some species and synonyms, however, are really not in MSF at all, because they were described in local journals of China, Pakistan etc, which are very difficult to find.

As for T. angustipennis there are two points of view, either it is considered to be a subspecies of aridifolia or a separate species. I'm more inclined to the second opinion as angustipennis has narrow hind wings and clearly broader frontal sclerite, contrary to aridifolia. But, really, taxonomy of Tenodera is a mess (not so much as in Hierodula or Eremiaphila, but still), so there is no right answer at present. And it's really off-topic.