Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Trachymantis dentifrons (Stål, 1877)

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Species Trachymantis dentifrons (Stål, 1877)

  • Hierodula dentifrons Stål, C. 1877. Systema Mantodeorum. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 4(10): 1-91 [56].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) NHRM 2♀ (printed labels and there is no indication that they were placed there by the author; Boucard — incorrect locality name or name of collector), Australia, Boucard.

 

Generic Combinations

  • Sphodropoda dentifrons (Stål, 1877). — Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 501 pp. [242].
  • Ngawala dentifrons (Stål, 1877). — Tindale, N.B. 1923. Review of Australian Mantidae. Records of the South Australian Museum 2: 425-457 [447].
  • Trachymantis dentifrons (Stål, 1877). — Milledge, G.A. 2005. Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae). Records of the Australian Museum 57: 191-210 [207].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Arid regions of southern & central Australia.


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, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
    • Northern Territory
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Mallee vegetation, predator.

 

Diagnosis References

Milledge, G.A. 2005. Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae). Records of the Australian Museum 57: 191-210 [208]