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
Liturgusidae
Subfamily
Liturgusinae
Tribe
Liturgusini
Size
Quotation of Size
The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.
Male
ca. 3,5cm
Female
ca. 4,5cm
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
ca. 8 (5 + 3) months
Female
ca. 8.5 (5.5 + 3) months
Sexing
Sexing
Morphologically differences between male and female.
Male
L5 and above: only by counting the abdomial segments at the bottom of the abdomen (8 segments)
adult: a more thin body than the female
Female
L5 and above: only by counting the abdomial segments at the bottom of the abdomen (6 segments)
adult: a bigger abdomen than the 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).
Thailand
The description is based on mantids of the following origin:
Cha-Am (Thailand)
