Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Archimantis monstrosa Wood-Mason, 1878

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Species Archimantis monstrosa Wood-Mason, 1878

  • Archimantis monstrosa Wood-Mason, J. 1878. On new and little-known Mantidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 38: 580-587 [583].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Victoria River, NT.
  • Archimantis latizonata Sjöstedt, Y. 1918. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 17. Mantidae and Phasmidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 11(19): 1-60 [21].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) NHRM 2♀ juvs, Derby, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Beier, M. 1935. Mantodea: Fam. Mantidae: Subfam. Mantinae. Genera Insectorum 203: 1-146 [117]

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant, female flightless.