False garden mantis

The false garden mantis (Pseudomantis albofimbriata) is a species of praying mantis in the family Mantidae,[1] and was first described in 1860 by Carl Stål as Mantis albofimbriata.[1][2] Females reach 70 mm while males reach 50 mm.

False garden mantis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Pseudomantis
Species:
P. albofimbriata
Binomial name
Pseudomantis albofimbriata
(Stål, 1860)
Synonyms[1]

Mantis albofimbriata Stål, 1860

Identification/distribution

The false garden mantis is either green or brown but rarely may come in other colours but mostly in green.

They have a distinctive dark spot on the femur of each raptorial foreleg. Females have short wings that only cover half of the abdomen, whereas males have wings that cover the full length of the abdomen.[3] Males sometimes have yellow triangular markings on the underside of the abdomen.[3] They are found in New South Wales and Queensland.[1]

Behaviour

The false garden mantis is not aggressive to humans. Females cannot fly[1] due to their very reduced wings but the flying male[1] is long winged and is not as big as the female.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Species Pseudomantis albofimbriata (Stål, 1860)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  2. Stål, C. 1860. Orthoptera. Species novas descripsit. Konglia Svenska Freggaten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi. I. Insecta. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner pp. 299-350. [312].
  3. "False Garden Mantid (Pseudomantis albofimbriata)".
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