Southern Boxer Bark Mantid
S4, Male Nymph, close up
Ellura
Southern Boxer Bark Mantid
S2, Female Nymph, profile
 
                      
Southern Boxer Bark Mantid (Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis)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:     S5, Male Nymph, close up

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"

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 05-Nov-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.