All data for the systematics is taken from Reinhard Ehrmann's book "Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt" (Mantodea - Praying mantids of the world).
More about this book can be found in the section literature at this page.
Super-Order
Dictyoptera
Order
Mantodea
Family
Mantodea
Subfamily
Mantinae
Tribe
Paramantini
First Description
Author
BRANCSIK
Year
1897
Size
Quotation of Size
The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.
Male
ca. 7,5cm
Female
ca. 8cm
Lifespan
Quotation of the Lifespan
The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:
overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")
Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month
Male
adult: 2 months/ ~ 10 moltings
Female
~ 10 moltings
Sexing
Sexing
Morphologically differences between male and female.
Male
L5 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (8 segments)
adult: s. larvae, smaller and thinner than females
Female
L5 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (6 segments)
adult: s. larvae, more compact and bigger than male
Spreading
Spreading
For a better overview, only whole countries are listed for the quotation of spreading, even if a species can only be found in a small part of that country.
All data for the spreading is taken from Reinhard Ehrmann's book "Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt" (Mantodea - Praying mantids of the world).
More about this book can be found in the section literature at this page.
At the menu "Spreading" for each country only the genus but the species is printed (Exception: on this site described species).
Papua New Guinea
Australia
Habitat
bushes, shrubbes, trees
Aggressiveness
high
Colorvariants
different shades of brown
Hint
This species is very aggressive, even males have to be single- kept.
