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Hapalopeza Stal 1877, s. str.

Description

Hapalopeza Stål, 1877

Includes small, delicate-looking and rather colorful species distributed over most of S and SE Asia. Nymphs exhibit ant mimicry. Two subgenera are recognized (Hapalopeza s. str. and Spilomantis). One or two species of the nominate subgenus occur in Borneo. Arboricolous, also on high weeds and scrubs.

Hapalopeza (Hapalopeza) tigrina Westwood, 1889

Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan, Palawan (Hebard 1920, Werner 1926, Beier 1966, Ehrmann 2002).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Kuching (Werner 1926; SMSM), Mt. Matang (Werner 1926; SMSM), Mt. Mulu (CS in situ), Mt. Murud (Werner 1930), Mt. Dulit (Beier 1937, as H. nitens); Sabah: Poring Hot Springs (Helmkampf et al. 2007; SMNK, AFUW), Pulau Gaya (AFUW), Crocker Range (AFUW), Sorinsim (AFUW), Sandakan (Hebard 1920), Labuan Island (Hebard 1920), AFUW); Kalimantan: Long Petak (Werner 1933), Main (Beier 1958, as H. nitens), Tabang (Beier 1958, as H. nitens).

Notes

Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J. & Konopik, Oliver, 2014, An annotated checklist of the praYing mantises (Mantodea) of Borneo, including the results of the 2008 scientific expedition to Lanjak Entimau Wildlife SanctuarY, Sarawak, pp. 130-168 in Zootaxa 3797 (1) on page 145, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3797.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/226038

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Iridopterygidae
Genus
Hapalopeza
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mantodea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stal
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Hapalopeza Stal, 1877 sec. Schwarz & Konopik, 2014

References

  • Stal, C. (1877) Systema Mantodeorum. Essai d'une systematisation nouvelle des Mantodees. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar, 4 (10), 1 - 91, 1 pl.
  • Westwood, J. O. (1889) Revisio insectorum familiae mantidarum, speciebus novis aut minus cognitis descriptis et delineates. Gurney & Jackson, London, 54 + III pp., 14 pls.
  • Hebard, M. (1920) Studies in Malayan, Papuan, and Australian Mantidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 71, 14 - 82.
  • Beier, M. (1966) Noona Dan Papers No. 29. Die Mantiden der Noona Dan Expedition nach den Philippinen und Bismarck Inseln. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 34, 361 - 370.
  • Ehrmann, R. (2002) Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Munster, 519 pp.
  • Werner, F. (1930) Uber asiatische Mantideen aus dem naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum in Stockholm. Arkiv for Zoologi, 21 A (34), 1 - 10, pls. 1 - 3.
  • Beier, M. (1937) Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak (Borneo), 1932. Mantodea. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 6 (9), 177 - 181. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1937. tb 01684. x
  • Helmkampf, M., Schwarz, C. J. & Beck, J. (2007) A first look at the biodiversity of praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) in Sabah, Borneo. Sepilok Bulletin, 7, 1 - 13.
  • Werner, F. (1933) Funfter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mantodeen von Niederlandisch-Indien. Treubia, 14 (2), 255 - 272, pl. 8.
  • Beier, M. (1958) Mantiden aus dem Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (Orthoptera). Treubia, 24 (2), 245 - 247.