Green Australian Mantis Sphodropoda viridis Tindale, 1923
Fauna Portal species: 5334
Sphodropoda viridis female, dorsal (HBI N2540-10; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 13293Diagnosis
(after Milledge 2005): Sphodropoda viridis can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the uniform green colouration, lack of markings on the inner face of the fore coxa and the form of the male genitalia.
Juveniles have markings on the inner fore coxae as shown by those from Barrow Island.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2005): Revision of the genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae). Records of the Australian Museum. 57: 191 - 210WEB