Rhombodera
basalis
cf. stalii
extensicollis 
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Name latin Rhombodera basalis
english Shield Mantis
IGM-Number (83)?
Systematics Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Mantodea
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Mantinae
Tribe Paramantini
First Description Author DE HAAN
Year 1842
Size

Quotation of Size

The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.

Male 6,5cm- 7cm
Female 8,5cm- 9cm
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: 5 months / ~9 moltings
Female adult: 2 months / ~10 moltings
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Male L5 and above: pronotum and abdomen slimmer than female`s, otherwise by counting the abdominal- segments (8 segments)
adult: pronotum and look slimmer than female`s
Female L5 and above: pronotum bigger and more round than male`s, otherwise by counting the abdominal- segments (6 segments)
adult: more compact and bigger than males, big pronotum
Spreading India, Thailand, Malaysia, Java
Asia
Asia
Habitat bushes and shrubbes
Aggressiveness high
Colorvariants none
Hint The upper side of the abdomen is coloured in a strong red.

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