Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Coenomantis kraussiana (Saussure, 1872)

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Species Coenomantis kraussiana (Saussure, 1872)

  • Pseudomantis kraussiana Saussure, H. de 1872. Mélanges Orthoptérologiques. Fasc. 4. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 23: 1-160 [25].
    Type data:
     Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ adult, Australia (as La Nouvelle Hollande).
  • Thorodia melanoptera major Tindale, N.B. 1923. Review of Australian Mantidae. Records of the South Australian Museum 2: 425-457 [453].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) SAMA 2♂ 5♀ adults, Heavitree (as Heavi Tree) Gap, Macdonnell Ranges (as Macdonnells) and Mereeni (as Mereenie) Bluff, NT, Kingoonya and Ooldea, SA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Beier, M. 1935. Mantodea: Fam. Mantidae: Subfam. Mantinae. Genera Insectorum 203: 1-146 [116]

 

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

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant, female flightless.