mantids
Mantids on Guam
19 November, 2009 - 12:43 — aubreymooreTaxonomic List from Kevan & Vickery (1997)[1]
Superfamily Mantodea
Family Orthoderidae
Subfamily Orthoderinae
Orthodera burmeisteri Wood-Mason, 1889
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Mantinae
Hierodula patellifera (Audinet-Serville, 1838)
Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze, 1778) (recent introduction-probably did not establish)
Statilia pallida Werner, 1922 (most common mantid in Marianas; Philippine species)
Tenodera angustipennis Saussure, 1869
Tenodera australasiae (Leach, 1814)
Family Sibyllidae
Subfamily Sibyllinae
Sibylla pretisoa Stal, 1856 (recent, deliberate introduction-probably did not establish; African species)
Biocontrol Introductions
Three mantids, [i]Polyspilota aeruginosa[/i] (Goeze), [i]Sibylla pretiosa[/i] Stal, and [i]Spodromantis[/i] sp., were released in 1972. None of these mantids has been collected since, and we feel that they di not establish (Nafus & Schreiner (1989)[2]).
Additional Information
Beir[3] published an article on Mantodea in Insects of Micronesia. It is available only in German.
References
- . 1997. An annotated provisional list of non-saltatorial orthopteroid insects of Micronesia, compiled mainly from the literature. Micronesica. 30(2):269-353.
- . 1989. Biological control activities in the Mariana Islands from 1911 to 1988. Micronesica. 22:65-106.
- . 1972. Mantodea. Insects of Micronesia. 5(2):173-175.
