Boxer Bark Mantid
S6, Female Adult, profile
Boxer Bark Mantid
S2, Female Nymph, Inside Leg
| Boxer Bark Mantid S6, Female Adult, profile | | Boxer Bark Mantid S2, Female Nymph, Inside Leg | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Mantises (Mantodea) | ||||
| Family: | Bark Mantis (Amorphoscelidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Boxer Bark Mantid (Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis) | ||||
| This Photo: | S2, Female Nymph, Head | ||||
Thank you Matthew Connors for identifying 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. We haven't found an adult male as yet. Finding 4 females in Apr, Oct & Dec; with 2 juvenile males in Mar & Nov; they have wing buds. However the male nymphs were larger than the female nymphs, at ~13mm long. Matthew said "Distinguished by prominent dorsal spines on the abdomen which it shares only with P. verreauxii" | |||||
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