Small Kimberley Mantis Paraoxypilus kimberleyensis Sjöstedt, 1918
Fauna Portal species: 5332
Paraoxypilus kimberleyensis female, habitus lateral (HBI N15656-4; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 13472Diagnosis
(after Milledge 2024): Paraoxypilus kimberleyensis can be separated from other species in the genus by the combination of the absence of distinct par-ocular spines, rounded vertical apophyses and distinct colour pattern on the inner face of the foreleg. From P. atra it can also be distinguished by the margin of the prothorax having a distinct spine above the coxal insertion.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Holotype: female, Kimberley district, north-west Australia (no exact locality) (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm) (Balderson 1984)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1984): Catalogue of Australian Mantodea. Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 23: 1 - 17DOI
(2024): Review of the genera Glabromantis, Paraoxypilus, and Phthersigena (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae). Records of the Australian Museum. 76: 69 - 103DOI