Southern Boxer Bark Mantid
S3, Female Nymph, ventral
Large Brown Mantis
S2, Adult Female, drosal
| Southern Boxer Bark Mantid S3, Female Nymph, ventral | | Large Brown Mantis S2, Adult Female, drosal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Mantises (Mantodea) | ||||
| Family: | Bark Mantis (Amorphoscelidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Southern Boxer Bark Mantid (Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis) | ||||
| This Photo: | S6, Female Adult, ventral | ||||
Thank you Matthew Connors for identifying and Janet Whitington for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere These are a small mandid. The females we found range in size from ~8 (nymphs) to ~17mm (adult) long, are wingless, and have a very sculptured body. Adult males are ~16-170mm long. Male nymphs seem larger than the female nymphs, at ~13mm long. Juvenile males are recognised by having wing buds. Matthew said "Distinguished by prominent dorsal spines on the abdomen which it shares only with P. verreauxii" | |||||
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