An annotated checklist of the praYing mantises (Mantodea) of Borneo, including the results of the 2008 scientific expedition to Lanjak Entimau Wildlife SanctuarY, Sarawak
Author
Schwarz, Christian J.
Author
Konopik, Oliver
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Zootaxa
2014
3797
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3797.1.12
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Leptomantella
(
Leptomantella
) Uvarov, 1940
=
Leptomantis
Giglio-Tos, 1915
These are slender, delicate-looking, arboricolous mantids. Several not well-defined species occur in SE Asia. The genus is in need of revision.
Leptomantella
(
L.
)
albella
(
Burmeister, 1838
)
ยง
Mantis
(
Thespis
)
albella
Burmeister, 1838
: 533
=
Leptomantis sumatrana
Giglio-Tos, 1915: 88
Distribution.
S
China
, Malay Peninsula, W Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Bawean, N Sulawesi, Talaud Islands,
Philippines
(
Werner 1933
,
Beier 1942
,
Ehrmann 2002
; AFUW).
Bornean records.
Sarawak
: Lanjak Entimau (
6 m
, CSUB/SFDC), Mt. Dulit (
Beier 1937
);
Brunei
: Kuala Belalong (OK
in situ
); Sabah: Crocker Range (CSUB); Kalimantan: Marah (
Werner 1933
), Mentawir (
Beier 1958
).
Remarks.
Both sexes are easily attracted to lights. Their systematic placement remains unclear. This and the following genus are not related to
Caliris
Giglio-Tos, 1915
and
Gildella
Giglio-Tos, 1927
, as suggested by
Beier (1935c
,
1964
&
1968
) and Ehrmann & Roy (in:
Ehrmann 2002
), and none of these genera shows any closer relationships to the
Tarachodinae
, with which they were united into one family. The molecular study by Svenson & Whiting (2009) indeed did neither confirm the assumed monophyly of
Caliridinae
(
sensu
Ehrmann 2002
) nor a close relationship to
Tarachodidae
.
Leptomantella
(
L.
)
fragilis
(
Westwood, 1889
)
Musonia fragilis
Westwood, 1889
Distribution.
Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Labuan, Palawan, Sulawesi (
Werner 1933
,
1934
,
Beier 1966
,
Ehrmann 2002
).
Bornean records.
Sabah: Sandakan (
Hebard 1920
), Labuan
Island
(
Hebard 1920
), Poring Hot Springs (
Helmkampf
et al.
2007
; CSUB), Danum Valley (
Helmkampf
et al.
2007
); Kalimantan: Pajan River (
Werner 1930
), Mentawir (
Beier 1958
), Wain (
Beier 1958
).