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Species Sphodropoda quinquedens (Macleay, 1827)

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Species Sphodropoda quinquedens (Macleay, 1827)

  • Mantis quinquedens Macleay, W.S. 1827. Annulosa. Catalogue of insects collected by Captain King, R.N. pp. 438-457 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed Between the Years 1818 and 1822 with an appendix containing various subjects relating to hydrography and natural history. London : John Murray Vol. 2 Appendix B 637 pp. [15 April 1826] [454] [Milledge (2005) gives the date for Macleay as 1826].
    Type data:
     Lectotype ANIC ♀ adult, Australia.
    Subsequent designation references:
    Balderson, J. 1984. Catalogue of Australian Mantodea. CSIRO Australia. Division of Entomology Technical Paper 23: 1-17 [2].

 

Generic Combinations

  • Hierodula quinquedens (Macleay, 1827). — Saussure, H. de 1871. Mélanges Orthoptérologiques. Fasc. 3. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 21(1): 1-214 [78].
  • Sphodropoda quinquedens (Macleay, 1827). — Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [242].

 

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

Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, shrub dweller, tree dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Male volant, female flightless.

 

Diagnosis

Sphodropoda quinquedens can be separated from the other species of this genus by the distinctive pattern on the inside face of the fore leg (Millege 2005: fig. 15), the colour markings on the ventral surface of the costal area of the tegmen and the form of the male genitalia.

 

Diagnosis References

Milledge, G.A. 1990. Revision of the genus Nesoxypilus Beier (Mantodea: Amorphoscelidae: Paraoxypilinae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 50(2): 347-355 [199] (diagnosis)