Deroplatys
desiccata
lobata
truncata
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Name latin Deroplatys truncata
english Dead Leaf Mantis
IGM-Number 140
Systematics Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Mantodea
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Deroplatyinae
Tribe Deroplatyini
First Description Author GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE
Year 1843
Size

Quotation of Size

The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.

Female ca. 6,5cm - 7cm
Lifespan

Quotation of the Lifespan

The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:

overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")

Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month

Female adult: 4 months
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Female adult: very big pronotum, looks like a "Delta"
Spreading Malaysian Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, New-Guinea
Asia
Asia
Habitat at grounds with dead leafes, bushes
inhabits damp areas, tropical rainforest
Hint impressive threatening behavior

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