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 The Taxonomic Study of
Praying Mantids (Mantodea)
of Sindh

By

N^]\ezd/\4. Soo'ynro-

Department ofZoology,
University ofSindh,
Jamshoro.
2000
 ThoTrndcSerSof
Pngrytld3(Xrrtefiq)
of Slrd,

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Nrbt M. Soerlo

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 CERTIFICATE

Cqrifcd drt Mr!. lil|bod M. Soffio bs cirid ou th! rcs.drch

\rqt b thir tt.sir €ditLd *It
To(o!@ic Stdy of PrlyirS f,tdi&
(M,dod..) of Sildh" urd6 Ey lrperaili@ ed gul&oca Ttc wk
EFied ir cigi4l ed adtabk tu sut|trilrid tu rw.rd of pb"D. d.gr!c.

(Dr. Moh&nrud Sa.ed Wag&)

Prot aor,
Dep.rtd.ot ofzoolo$/,
Univ.rlig of SiDdh,
&rilhoro.
 ACKNOWLEDGtrMENT

I acknowledee with deep sense of gnrirude my indebredness to Dr.

Muhammad Sa€ed Wagan who has been ny reacher, guide and menlor. He
is the fountainheadofleamins fiom which I imbib€d a little. I hotd him ;n
high esleem. I am no lcss rhankful to Dr. K.D. pitafi for his consrant hetp
and €ncoumgement wilhoul which it would have not b€en easy for me lo
a@omplish this rask. I arn also thar*tuI ro Dr. Reinhard Ehnann (Cemany)

for his h€lp in confimarion of some of rhe sp€cies. I extend my thanks to alt
the seniors and colleagues in the Departm€nt for lheir kind corporation and
moral encoumgement. Th€y have extend€d me hetD whenever I needed ir.
Finally I
am thanktul to my fanily espe.ially my husband Mehmood
Soomro lor his ungrudSing hetp forbearance and my son Bilal Soomro for
helpins me in tF;ngand compilins lny ph.D. thesis.
 CONTENTS

Tide P.g. No.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION I
REVIf,W OT LITERATURE 4

MATf, RIALS AI{D METIIODS 5

SIJB.ORDER MANTODEA l7
KEY TO ITIE FAMILIES OF STJB-ORDER 18
MANTODEA OCCURING IN SINDH

FAI\{ILY EREMIAPHILIDAE l9
KEY M THE SINDH GENRA OF 20
EREMIAPHILIDAE

GENUS ftaopoDprla cislo-Tos 2l

1he opo npula s indh ica n.+. 72
CENUS Ercniaphilia lafdtwe 24

KEY TO THE SINDH SPEC]ES OF 25

CEI{IS beniaphilia
Ercniaphiria heyalrons W sfov 26
Ere n iaph i I i a ar ab ica Sauss. 2a
CENUS lt@6eh,?//a Sa*s. 30
H / n b e 4 ie I a i nd ic a Sarss. 3l
TAMILY EMPUSIDAE 33
KEY TO TTiE SINDH SUB-FAMILIES 34
OF EMPUSIDAE

GENUS tupda Illger

Et 1ptsa unicornis (L.) 36
OENUS T/e/raropsir Gglo-Tos 39
Elepharcpsis nendica F .) 40

FAMILY MANTIDAE 42
KEY TO THE SINDH SUB.FAMILIES 43
OF MANTIDAE
KEY TO'TTIE SINDH CENERA OF 44
RIVETINAE
CENUS nt'"r'e Beland-Choppard 43
KEY TO TIIE SINDH SPECIES OF 46
GENUS,RDelira
R i y e n na 16 c i a I o (Tr:.tli:,., (l
R iv e t ina rasheedi n.sp. 49
GENUS ffiicrorir"spir W€mer 5l
KEY TO THE SINDH SPECIES OF
GEI.JUS Mictothapil
Mi c ro I he sp is dm i tr ier i W emel 53
Microth esp is s i nfl' ens i s n.sp.
GENUS,Aet,rlocrroa Wood-Mason 58
A e ha I oc hr o a afrnio W ood-l\laj€r 59
GENUS 1ru Sauss. 6l
KEY To THE SINDH SPECIES OF 62
GENUS /f/J
63
lris splendida Uy^to\
61
KEY TO TTIE SINDH CENERA OF 69
MANTINAE
GENUS Spnodlorarttr Slal 10

Spho&o nant is t rant c aucas ic a (Br.W, 1l

CENUS le,odela Burmeistcr 74
KEY TO T1IE SINDH SPECIES OF 75
GEl.lVS Tenoderu
Te noden ate nuata (Stoll\ 76

Tenoturu aidtlolia alidtJolia Stnll 7a

CENUS }/ief odlia Bm€ister EO

H i e rod. I a c @ da ta (S 8l
^!ss.,
GENUS Mantiir L. 84
KEY TO THE SINDH SPECIES OF 8:t
CENUS Ma"tu
Mant is rcligiM rcligiosa L. 86
llantis rcligiosa akbari nsub.sp- 89

GENUS Sta,tlia St l 9l
Statilb oce atauvalov

DtscttssloN 94

REFERENCES 100

TABLES l03
CHECK LIST OF MANTODtrA IO7
OT SINDH

PLATf,S t09

MAPS t33
 IIST OF TABLES

&NO CAPIX)!{ PAGEM).

TAELD I Sborirf lh. dffidio{.f D.rd& b ll}3
v..bur dH.! of sbdl.
IAILE tr SLonhC .t d., 6dr f.h! .nl laa
r.ocr{r{f&.I rGdtt .,
TABLE m thowirg tL !!nh.r.d pd!.|age of 105
x!d& |taordd b Strdl b tddn io
dft ..d ry.ogrof i..l qlora
 LIST OF PLATES

s.No. CAPTION PAGE NO.

Plate I Protottn ot., TheopMptla sindhicn a.sp, lm

b) Humbedi. a indica .)Ermiaphitio

Plat€ 2 Eren'iaphilia atubica Sarss., mate ll0

Plrt€ 3 Hhfiettie t indica S^u3s-,feniale ltl
Plste 4 Enauro nico.nis (Lr, mat tt2
Plate 5 Akpho|opsis nendica lF.)'fem te lr3
Plate 6 Rivetina fasciata (Thun.), tem t 4

Riw.ina rchedi asp. !) erlarged he3d aDd 5

prcrotum b) edlrg€d rbdonetr showiDg

Plrte 7 B Copuhtory'pprratus of Rtteritr tasrsedt ll6

Plat€ 8 A t) Micto['espis indhensis ntle holoqpe tt7

b, prolnon.'n ol Micto.hespit sindhensis

Phte 8 B Copulatory apprr.tus of Mtctalrrsptlr lt8

sirdrsrstu male holotyope

Plste 9 Aethalochna alli"it t ood-Mtson, fem!|. 119

Plate lo A Irk Wlendida U!^ror, ntte 120

Pllte 10 B Copufaory apparutrs of ntle lris splenrli.la

Phte ll /tir rddnlrr Uvrrov, fcorle

Phle 12 A bis ototuna (L.r, mrte 123

Phte 12 B t24

Ph& 13 Sphodmr'ra"tis tr.trc,,rcasi@ (Br.wI ntl€ 123

Phte 14 Tenoden ottenutt (Saolr\' n le 126

Phle 15 Tenodem ondilolia andtortu (Soll)' fe'nrle

Plrt€ 16 ,Iietutuh coodat' (s,,r!{-t, n't 128

Pht€ l7 A Mntk rcligiosa o*nui n bhotoiyp. 129

Phte l7 B Copulrtory appsrrt||s ofMdr,is rcligiosd akbai 130

m.le holotype

Phte 184 Stutitit ocetl@ U$rfl,m* l3l

Plrt€ l8B Copufitory sppslrtu! of m^le Sr,,lillo ocellatt t32
 LIST OF MAPS

s.No. CAPTION PAGE NO.

I
MAP Sho*ing the surveyed dtutricts of Sidh l0

MAP2 Loc ritiBol Ercniaphilia lae|ifrons, E. anbico' 133

Hunbedie a indica ,ad Theoponpulo sindhica

MAP 3 ln 3.line.ol Enq/uso ui@'nis.td Btephuopsb r34

MAP 4 Localiriesof Rivennalarcioto'R nthe.di 135

MicrothesDis dnibievi. M. si tdhensis aad
Aethotochona alrnis

MAP5 Locslinf.ol Irir sple ida,Iris rudions tad 136

Iit oratnia
MAP6 Loc \n6 oI Sphodnntntis ha6ctrcasica and r37
IIierc.lulo coo ata

MAP? l-l,calitiffof Tenoden atte uatoa!,d 138

T, sridifotia o dilo|ia

MAP8 L.rc tiriB d Mantis religiow rcligiow t[d r39

M. r.ligioso akbafi

MAP 9 Locrlitis oI Statilia ocels,a 140

 ABSTRACT

PrayinS mantids aE fabulous insects b€cause of rheir morpholosy,

colour and behaviour. BeinS pr€datory in nature they are v€ry imporrant for
the studies conc€ming rhe biotogicat control. The lir@ture shows that no
attempt has b€en made to study mand& of Sindtr since Pakisian bccarn€ an

independent country in 194?.

The mantids were collected fiorn various disaicb of Sindh. The

collections were made fron open groundq grasses, bushes and bark ofthe
tre€s accordina !o standard enromological collection merhods .nd pr€pared
for laboratory examination.

The collect€d material was loned out into rwenty-one species, ofthese

four b€long !o family Eremiaphilidae, two to Empusidae, and fineen !o

Martidae.

During the pr€senl study tht@ species rl]inety Theoponpta sikdhica,

Rivetina rciheedi, Microthespis sindhensis and one sub-sp€cies Mad!-
rcligi^a akbali Ne descnbed new ro science. The rnates of lris sptendida
Uvarov sr,d Statilia ocellora Uvarcv ar€ describ€d for the first iime. The
following species nan:€ly E niaphitia teyilrons Ularcy, Hunbeftie a
r'nd,ca Sauss. of the family Eremiaphilidae and Rrrer,a
fascbta (Thr\n.),
hb splendida Uvarov, ri' radians tJ\^tov, Irt orutoria (L.\,
Spho&oMntis trunscaucasica BiW, Tenodzta a(enuata (S!oll) and S/arrtd
oce ata Uyarcv of lrc family Man idae are recorded for ti€ first rim€ from
 Besides, th€ distriburions of ihe previously recorded species have
been extended to new localities. Aparr from this the copularory appdarus of
sorn€ of the mantids werc srudied and were lound 10 be of hxonomic
imporlace. Further more the Laxonomic keys for the identification of rhe
fmilies, sub-families, genera and species of mantids occurrinS Sindh is

Furth€r nore the biogeography of praying manrids has been studied.

Of the total mantids fauna of Sindh therc a.e more species ty?icat of the
Paleanic Region (33.33%) thd of rhe Oriental Reeion (28.57%). About
14.28% ofihe fauna are of African orjgin. Mardr is the only gtobal genus,
whch has species in most continenb it conslitutes abour 4.76%. Sindh has a

r;ch fauna ofendemic sp€cies t9.04%.

Apan from the abov€ informarion, the academrc value

study rhat includes identification and construcrion ofkeys may

addition 0o already existinS r,?€ studies. Anorh€r advanlage of lhis study

would b€ fo. turure r€searchen who ;ntend ro $udy Biology, Ecology and
B€hadour of Mantids.

The connercial valu€ (economic value) of the prcs€,t study of

hanlids of Sindh: since rhe rdonomy of manrids is welt documented, this
will certainly provide a firm basis for studies teading ro a .arher more
promising field - rfie biotogbat corrrol of ins.ct pesrs (the insects which
.feed on agiicultuml crops). present invesrigarions include widely disrribuEd
species ofmantids which may b€ used as an important bio-control
agents.
 INTRODUCTION

Pakistan is an asricultural counrry. Due to favorsble climatic

condilions of th€ ountry, lhe insect population mulripties quickly and
causes considerable darnase h agricultural crcps, which are the backbone of

our economy. The pesticides, which arc used to conrol insect pestr, have
helped us to ;ncreas€ our food yield and !o fiehl inf€ctious diseases but on

the other hand d|ey le-ave r€sidues which have ha".rdous efi€ct on many
non-!$g€l animls including human b€ings. Many of rhese chemical
pesticides have long lasdng efTec! lhe rrc€s enr€r lhe food chain dd
ultirnately end up accumuladng in the celts end rissues of hunan body
causins in€parable damas€ to health.

Mantids are ambush predaroc, feeding mainty on variery of insects.

The laxononic study allhough empirical bur c€rtainly makes the basis for
tuture study of mantids as poteolial predatoN-an int€grat pan of biological

The work on the pEying manrids of Sindh is very limited. Therefore

an attempt has been made to study the praying manrids of Sindh and a
sirnplified taxonomic key based on the easily recosnizable characte.s is
prcpared. Besides, the newly d€scnbed species are welt supported by rheir

copulatory appamtus. Further more lhe disrriburions of the previousty

rccorded species have b€en €xrended ro new localhies.

Mantids belons to relatively small suborder Manbdea containjng only

 Accordins to Beier (1964, 1968), Vickery and Kevan (1983) dd Ken
Preston-Mafham (t990) suborder Man.odea is divided inro eighr famili€s
namely: Chaereissidae, Meiall)licidae, Manloididae, EremiaDhilidae.
Amorphoscelididae. Hymenopodidae, Enpusidae and Mantidae. Of these
Ereniaphilidae, Empusidae and Mdtidae occur jn Sindh.

Mantids are comnonly of large size, how€ver rhere ar€ onty two
speci€s, which are of t0 mm jn siz€. In app€arance, these insects
arc
€xtrenely striling including sone of tlle mosr picturesqu€ and bizlre forrns
of ins€ct life. The fofm and colour is crypric, designed to produce a
resemblance to natuml objecrs in rh€ir suroundings, which is exhEmely
ma*ed. Many are sricklike, etongare, cotoured in lone ofbrown and black
as is a dry twig: in these, the atitude assists the dece!,rion,
rhe crearure
posing itself on irs posterior tegs and swaying tiShtly tiom
sid€ ro side as if
moved by the breeze. OtheB dnt live in
grass ar€ sl€nder and 8re€n
coloured, ei$er 'dry gmss gr€en', geen or green wifi anteinae
and cerci
coloured like $€ d./ rips of withered gess. Oh€rs are teaf gre.n,
tjvins
amonS lhe leaves of rhe bush€s or are the cotou. of bark and arc found on
tree trunks. In gene.il rhe cryptic form and colour serves
the doubte object
of protecting the insect from foes and alowing it to b€ mvisibt€ ro otler
iNects which ir captures when $ey come within reeh. Mantids
e€ very
pugna.ious, f€ncing wilh their swo.d-like limbs, the targ€r
liequenrly
daouring the smaltq and lh€ females the mates. ft€y arc alt predatory,
nostly on other insecrs, alrhough some ofthe larger ones take srnalt
refliles,
amphibids ed even n€srling of smalt bjrds. lt js an old clinchi
rhat rhey
.'p.eying'
should be called nor ..praying" mantids, that larer apptying only to
 th€ir pEyerlike posture which dey assume while waiting for their vicrims:
for€legs h€ld folded againsr rhe plorhorax suggesr an aritude of prayer.

hobably no other ins€.t has b€en the subject of so nany and such
wide spr€ad legends and sup€rslitions as the cormon paying melis.
Mantis rcligiosa L. The nc;ent Cr€ek endow€d witfi sup€manr.at pow.rs
(a divin€t; rhe Turks and Arabs hotd rhat it pmys cons&nrly wilh
irs face
tumed towards Mecca, the provencah call it prega_Diou, and rhe Soulh
African buslfien revere hantids as manifestation of th€ supr€me dciry,
I
L:aggen (misnam€d .,Hott€'tof. god). In Sindh, rhey are known ,s ..Bibi jo
Ghoro"- the horse of Bibi Fatima, May cod bc pleased with her. For
lhe
Asmat tribe of New Cuinea, th€ pnying mantis is rhe rolemic emblem
of
men. Why? Nor only because it resenbtes th€ figur€ of a
nan, bur atso
because the Asmars, unril recenlly, were cannibais, prEymg
on men as tle
mantis do€s on insecr!. It is inGresting thar, in th€ orieniat marrial ad of
Kung Fu, nanrids' posturing is overtly imitat€d. Unlike nany orher
cultures,
th€ Chinese corrcctly regard manlids as symbols of slrength,
ferocity and
courag€, not of piery, prophecy or pathf,nding.
 RIVIEW OF LITERATURE

Th€re @ v€ry f€w references on fte pEyins mrids of Sindh. Yet

none olthese ale entiEly deloted b Sindhprovince.

The tust siSnificant information was Fovided by Wood-Malon

(1889) who desc.ib€d thr€€ new species nal.rlety: Aethatocboa afrni'
lethal@hoa spinirys and TatodqoTxis taurus. Mwtay (1880) recorded
rwo species Teko.leru aidifolia lstoll\ and Madt retigiosa L. bom
unkno*n locilities Wood-Mason (1891) r€cord€d Hieroduta coa ata
(Sarss.), Rlephuopsis nandica (F.) and Enwa sp. from Sukkur and
Ercniophilia arubica (Sauss.) from nonhwest Sindh. cigteTos (t922)
studied the praying manaids ofthe wortd and m€nrioned a few locatiries of
Sindh. Nothing ftnher was pubtished untit Uvarcv (1931) r€corded
Mtcrorhespis dnitrEvi rlt ef1ler (19'08) ftom Kanchi

Since then no work has been cuied out on rhe prayine manrids of
Sindh and to dare no faunal sufley ofmanlids ofpakistsn exisrs.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS

Malerial wai collected ftom the vadous districts of Sindh (Map l).
Manlids were found upon bushes, in gnsses, on the bark of tees end ar
night th.y were attract€d towdds ligha. Th€ nurnb€r ofmantids was foud it
the bag wh€n it was us€d to sweep insectr on grass. These iBects could nor

be includ€d with others in the bottle or box while alive. either thev had to be

confined s€pamtely or killed.

The mantids were collet€d wid rlle helD of rraditional insect hand-
net. They were then kill€d by chloroform or by means of porassium cyanide

in standard entomological killing botlles. The sp€cimens could not be Ieft

too long in cyanide least the colour changed particularly thar of green
sp€cimens. To kill the specimens as quick as possible, fr€sh cyanide bonl€s

w€re us€d. Pinning of the specimens was made wilhin few hours. As the
specimens w€E fl€xible there was a tittle dang€r of loosing any pad thmugh

the necessary manipulalion. firther the pans could b€ sr€rched as desircd.

The ins€ct pins were ins€ned through rhe right wing cjse or prothorrx. Th€

sp€cinens w€re th€n slr€tched on the str€rchhg board. Th€ l€ft wings were
set with the long axis of the body nearly at right angle to ttle pin and the

head was direcred slightly dos,nwards. The posterior l€gs were benr ben€ath

the body to minimize the possibility of brcakaSe and to Gcupy rhe leasr
amount ofslorage space. Th€ abdomen w,3 so set that it droop€d b€low the

wings and not obscur€d by the hjnd legs as several raxonomrc cnamcteni arc
found on rhe reminal end and these werc nor io be hidde'. Ti the
sp€cinens were thorcughly dry, rhe body pafs had ro be suppoded wilh
€xtra pins so that they drl in the desired position and atso special attention
was paid to the antennae, wings and l€gs in order ro display impo&nt
taxonomic cha.acte6. Dust and other exhan€oN matter was removed wilh
the help of a dry cam€l hairbrush. The tully dried specim€ns were removed
from stretching boards and were stored in insect boxes with labels showing
Iocality, date and collector's name. Naphthal€ne balls wer€ placed ;n boxes
to prevent iN€cl attack. Sp€cimss wer€ thoroughly examincd udq
st€reoscopicdissectinSbinoculdmicroscope underdifferent magnificafioG.

For the study of male genitalia the sp€cinens were rclaxed in a

desiccator for 24 hours. The supm-anal plate of th€ specimen was raised
with a ne€dle, cut laterally and the whole phallic complex was tak€n ou1,

The phallic complex was lh€n immersed in l0% potassium hydroxide

solution for 4 10 l0 hours. Furthe. trearm€nr consis&d ofremoving nuscle
tissues dd tEcheae, and w.sbing in water. ARer exanination, geniralia
prepantion wer€ placed in 70% alcohol with a little glycerin contained in a
microvial with a rubb€r slopp€r piMed ro rhe appropnab insecr specimen.

Identification oflhe sp€cinen w{s carded out under rhe srer€os.opic

binoculd microscop€. The diagrans presented here wer€ mainly done I
lhe help of"ocular squee micromerer". All fte measurements are Siven in
m;llimet€r and were made with vemier caliper.

The schene ofmeasurements used in ihis work is as follows:

Lenglh of bodyr measured as ilt€ distance from the aderior end of the head
to the ap€x of th€ subgenilal plares both in mal€ dd
f€male.
Lerglh of tegtr|€!: measur€d fi oln the point of attachment to the apex of fie
 dlmrdr: @udd@gtteE dec.d!.-
L.|8al
W f dp|!rdr: ercda t6 hrod.drtt-
Llgtofr ftrlrt !C.-i..0h: G.urd d@g th..od.(nrl &cc.!
the haxirnun lrlrgt! n!@ b.!. to .p€x.

7
 GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF SINDH

Sindh province is lo@ted in th€ southeast region of Pakistan and I'es

between 23"and 2giorth latitudes and between 67ind 7l"ea!t longitudes. lts
area coincides with the physiographic divhions called lower Indus basin.

To lhe we$ of Sindh are Xninhar Mountains and rhe nonhwesr€m

areas adjoining the Kalat divisions are dry dd did, wirl rhe rlace of
Palearctic lopography. The eas&m region coffhts ofthe sand bek $r€tching
ftom boarder of Bahalwalpur (Punjab) io the Runn of Kutch and is a pan of
Rajistan desen called Thar. To the wesr of the Thar desert lies the delraic
ares, wirh rich alluvial soil crossed by numerous riv€r cha.nets. Th'ls the
thiEe differcnt geoSraphical areas of Sindh ars mountainous, desen and
irigated plains (Pithawata 1959)

CLIMATE

The climar of Sindh includes mos. of the characrerisdc of aridity,

except rn coastal arcas, wbich have noderate remp€ralwe and tow rainfalt.
The mosl srriking featues of the climare are high summer rempemiure, low
raiDfall and considerable variabiliry in amounl and time ofminfalt. Norma y

rainfall occurs in summ€r sealon bur the amounl and time vary to rhe extent
lhar during sorr€ years th€ rainfall doubles the average while in orhels it

During the summer, lhe days are hot and rhe coot with avemge
'ighb
diumal ranges 22 F. The tempemture b€gins ro nse in April ud remains
high unlil October, which is r€garded as a summer season. The beginning of
the summer seasn is marked with abrupt chanSe in t€mp€rature ftom
February to March, which is ulually considered as spring senson. The
temperature .emain! fairly coNtlrt during summer, with May and June as

the hottest months. The daily maximum temp€ratE tuging fiom I 05: I I 5"F
is not uncommon. Dusty winds blow in sutuner and droughr conditions
preva;l in dry se6ons.

Dfins the month of july drouSh mid September. the main daily
tempentu.e is about 97'F, higher hurnidity, reduced evapomtion and
consid€rable increase in clouds cove. the coastal areas. Thh season is called

"Monsoon S€ason" which is in essenc€ a modification of the tIue Monsoon

system over sourh Asia.

During Novemb€r t€mpemture falls mpidly md lhus marks dte

beginning of winter season. Thh season prevails fion Nov€mber until
FebnEry wiih remperature ranging from 5dto 65"F. widr January the coolesr
nonth (Rehman Mushtaqur 1975).
 4aa

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4o,

A-RABIAN SEA RANN OF I(IITCH

Map | . Showins the surv€y€d districts of Sindh.

l0
 GENf,RAL STRUCTURE

The following genemlized ac€ount for the nantids is given for rhose
who have limited knowl€dge for this group of insecrs and in order to
facilitate lhe use of keys and desfiiptions.

Size modemte to large, mrely snnll; head mud€d ro conical,

hypognathous with promin€nt, usually globular ey€s which may, however,
be .cutely conicd anreriorly or each may belr a promin€nt, median, thom-or

spin+like process, oute. convexiries of eyes projecring beyond lateral

margins of pronotum, excepr when latrer is foliarly expended; cervicat
region narrow a.d flexible, enabling th€ head to mraie; antemae usualty
whiskerlike (not excelsively long) or bristletike, occAiona y pectinatei
pronotum typically elongare! sorne tines more or less quadmtq occasionally

broadly rhomboid on accounr of the pr€sence of wide lateral €xponsions:

Aont legs raptorial, coxse and f€mora elongale, the latrer usually, bur not
invariably, heavily spined on v€nual (posle o, nargins, tibiae strongty
spined apically ud usually ventrally, folding upwards asainsl rhe femoia
and with larerally articulaling tarsi; mid and hind legs ambulatory,
comparal'vely long od slender; wings tu y dev€loped variousty reduced or
absent, fom and / or degree of developn€nr often differing markedty
between sexes; fore wings, ifpresent, rericutat€ and norma y in the form of
lcath€ry tegmina, ftough somerimes, if tully developed, rather mor€
menbmnous, typically wirh anrer;or fi€ld denser rhan rest ofrhe wing and
somewhal b€nl downwards along sides of rhe abdomen when at rest lhough
part of fore wings and the hind wings folded morc or less horizonrally
'nain
over dorsuq laner pai. when develop€d broad with a wid€ anat tobe; cerci

l1
fairly long with numercus s€gn€nis, usually rathcr slenitcr dd pointed bul
occasionally flat and foliacous, al least apically; oviposiior shon, more o.
less concealed by !nl{€€d 7s abdominal stemun (sub-gcnitat pl6te); nrles
with aMominal styles w€ll d€veloFd, copulatory structurcs distinctly
alymmetrical and well sclerotized; true stridulatory nechanism not
develoFd alhough a rustling sound msy be produced by vibntion of hind
wings whicb may strik€ igainst raised tegrnina; some spe.ies, when in a
'dulrt€ningl' position lllry rdrs€ thc abdomen and bend it fo ard so lhat the
cerci stikc lhe t€gminal veins and make an idsmitient chirping sound.

l2
li
 TERMINIOLOGY

The tenns used in this wolk for th€ classification of mantids e€ as

AnbulstorJ , walking leg .

Ableom ( pl. sDletrme ) , the paired segmented sensory organs pr€senl

B.cilliforD I rod shaped -

Brrcbypterous , short wings .

Bipeclimte , comb-like projections atong borh sides.

Callow . being th;ckened dd usualty hard€n.d.

Csrina , keel or keel-like ridge.

Cercus (pl cerci ), an appendage, usually paired of the lod

aMominsl segment ; usua y segnented and stender.

Conpound eye I an eye made up of many sepamt€ vjsual uniB

( ommitidia ) .

CoD€ , small projection on the vert€x.

CoIs , basal s€gm€nt of the leg.
Cwp , a pointed end or point.

Frcirl clypeN , the facial area of craniun just above the tabrum .

Facial shi.ld , rhe facial area of the craf,ium just above rhe ctDeus.
Fenu. , pan of a leg betw€en trochdt€r and tibia.

Horn , projection on the ven€x.

Met{zoo. , p6rt of pronotlm posterior to taBverse sulcus.

Occiput , the hinder part oflhe head b€tween the verrex and the ne€k.

Ocenos ( pl oc.lli ) , the sinple ey€.

Prorotum , dorsal shi€ld of prothorax.

Pmrolrl dilolior , .xp€nded area fiom th€ sides of pronotum .

Prozona , pad of pronotum anterior to transverse sul€us.

R.ptoli.l lcg , gasping tlpc of Ieg .

Setaceou! , brislle like.

Spim , a stiff shary p.ocess.

Spitrule , small spines .

Sub-g.trirl plate , 76 abdominal stemum.

Suprs rml plste , the last abdoninal tergite covering anus from

Tegmina , fore wing.

Tibh , pan of leg L€tween femur dd tar$s.

Truncat€ , having end squar€ or blunt .

Tub€rcl., sinall out groMh or lump.

Tunid, swollen or dist€nded .

It
Vener , the top of lhe cran;um b€tween and beh;nd the compound
 SU&ORDER MANTODEA

Disro-:
ft.r. at! .hole wiA | rcLdyEbr bg., mbile !..d! wittr
Folrri!€nt cyc. &d uually dllt. oc.lli Fonofre much long€r
t|{n \ri& (c,rc.pa in som. €xolic ftiDr), nor c@ling dr.
hc.d $oE; fiod Lgr l{8. |od r.Forisl nid |trd hi.d Lg!
!L.dd; E*r uarlly ftlly lri!9.4 hdc oe.o b.lcqrE.tq|r
or wir|gka!; abdo@lo 6Lm ragoadfied ,!d baarr a p.ir of
cargi !€€r ils tiD.

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 I(EY TO TEE FAMILTES OF SUB.ORDER
MAIITODEA OCCURING IN SINDH

L Size usually small ; pronorum more o. less

quadrat€ (Pl. 2) ................. f,r€mispbilidrc

Siz€ uually nedium to large ; pronoturn usually

elongated........................... 2

2. Intemal margin of forc f€mora with rhr€€ or

fow small reeth bctw.en the large, on€s;

vcrlex wiih protubmnc€ ; mienrle bip€.timre

inrnale(Pl.4) ................... Empusidce

Intemal margin of forE Gmora wirh attcrnately

piaced t€e$, ode large and onc slnal; verrex

without prorubrance ; anrenna never bipcc_

tnate ............................. Mrnridac

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 TAMILY ERENIIAPBIIIDAD

DLgua.l
ltid( s.4 hldlrpteu|., rhs.t ud icdi rtlGr !p.cr6;
F$car. mrl 6 lc.r qurd q fu! tibi.r rrugly ,pimc;
bid rod hfud Lgr lag, 3lodd; td..l sogndt{id Jt 5: 5 or

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 KEY TO TIIE SINDH GEI\TERA OF
EREMIAPHILIDAE

L Size very small (10.15 mm); Fonotum almost

rcunded (Pl. r, fis. a) .. ..... . ....... Theopon?ula

Size mdiun ( 13.G30.0 nm ) ; pronotun

sub-$adrate........................2

2. Wings shon and broad ; pronotun broaderrhan

long with smooth prozona (Pl,l, fig, c)

... Ercniatthilio

Wings eloryate j pronotum longer lhrn broad with

Cadnifonn ndges on prozona (Pl.l, fi8. b)

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 C'cilw?Irgpory,lLGtbTor

Dirg&-l
Siz. y.ry @[ b legq h€.d teyr* .Dd koaA occlli
didinct hn rdh.. .ddl nodd|bly el6ve4 mdd aonclhE
tdv€.!a; clili F@iocol hioad d ovda; elcdD&
sh..on{ Fudlm h,odlf &l qudtr, fo! ffigi! bm.dly
ecude l|tdE 4 hiod n rgi! koadly rounde4 t aiE .d
wiog! wrU dcv.lop.4 rurpqiqg 6e .po( of tbe rbdo6;
c.Fblic c@ Eod.rtdy rcbun

2l
 Theopo mp ula s indh ica n.sp.
Pl. l, fig. a Map 2

Diagnosisr It is relai€d ro Theoponpula ocziafir (Sauss.), r

tap rc b e n oru n W ood-Masot\ and T. assinulata Wond-Mason but diffcr from
these by b€ing very small€r in siz. Possibly .he smallest speci$ in thc

Descdption ofmale holot}le: Si"! snall; head broad; eyes prominent,

outer margin of the eyes project b€yond pronotum; pronotum as wide as

long, lateral margins curved downwads; wings exced well beyond the
abdomen; fore coxa broad and elongate4 armed with six median spines,
coxa of mid and hind lirnb thick and broad; fore femora with twelve intemal

spines and six €xtemal spinules where as fore tibia with nin€ int€mal spines

and ten extemal spinul€si cerci short; styli flat, uns€gmented.

Colouration: Bmran; Iegs rnottied; ldg€ dark brown longiludinal band on the
intemal face of fore femorai first three larsal segments dark brown; abdomen

dark bro\h: wings light brown.

Measurements (mm)
Holorype
Mal€
Len$h of My 10.15
Lenglh ofpronotum 02.10
Length oftegmina 09.80
02.t7
Length of forc femur 02.24
Length offore tibia 0r.40

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 Md.iiil rxetin64 f,bwS.hdl l3-IV-199 (M.S, Xt go) I mla
Btynololy: Tbis lrry lp€ct r ir n oed rn . th. Sid& Fovincc of
P.tis.rl

Rrp6iioqr: It tlTe E t itl ir dQoftd in lf,. @!€{D, Dpt of

Zoolo$r, UDnrunfty of Sbdh,
 Gerus Eremiap h ilb Lefebv re

Di.gloir:
Size small; rob'i!t; h.!d brold not broadcr that pronotum; eyes

round; facial cb?€u! conve4 ocellar area s.arcely concave;

vcnex smooth wiih lateral and int€rm€dist€ furrows; pronotum
mor€ or l$s qugtlret€, for€ margin convex in tlle middle,
bisinuate latemlly, lat.ral margin convex, hind ma€in conver"
upPer surface smoolh u,ilh a lr6nsvcrs€ oval gibbositi€s at for€

nsrgin and posteriorly; tcgmina distinctly coria€o|ls, lorEer

th.n broa4 widcly rcunded antcriorly and at the ap€x; wings
b.osder lh.t long with hind margin acu0e, rounded apically; legs
long and sl€nder; fenale sub-genital plate provided with a pair
ofspines.

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 KEY TO SNDE SPECIES OT'GENUS
Erc.fulillit

l. Bl*k {otcrb ledlr !id. of tb. cgdlr. virit L

ftmrbor€..................,..,. r.rrth{r lrys,ov

- BI.ak rpot on ti. ul(h si& ofthc t gninr noi

viitble fron.bovc ............ dtlo. S.ur&

u
 E rc mioph ilia lsetilrons Uvarov
Map 2

Ercniaphilia l@ifrow Uyarov, 1922. J. Bom. Nat. Hisi. Soc.28r719-720.

Distribution: Pakistanand Muscat.

Female: size sndl; robust; brachyprerou$ ey€s round; h€ad as broad

as pronotum; facial €l}?eus smoorh, dislincdy convex; ocellar ar€a slightly

concave, transverse funow fe€bly developed delimit this eea fiom venex;

vertex snooth with distinct lat€ral nmows; pronotum as broad anteriorly as

it is long, distinctly nanowed posterio.ly, upper surface smooth with a

tmnsvers€ oval gibbosity al th€ fore margin and two smaller gibbosities
posteriorly; tegrnina coriscmus wilh raised wings, longer than broad, widely
rounded antcrio.ly and .t lhe ap€x, hind margin almost straiSht; wings
broader than long, ap€x rowd; for€ femora and tibia amed with fou spines
outwa.rdly; sub-genital plate wilh two spines.

Coloumtion: clay yellow; head and ventral surface whilish the und€r sid€ of
tegmina with a sub-apical oblique b-dnsverse blu€-black band not reaching
the apex and wilh a not sharply defn€n dark board€r, bolh the band and dark

boarder w€ll visible on the upper sid€ of tegmina as well; wings

unicolourous brcwnish widt lighi boaider; legs whitish ben€ath and clay-
gray with scarcely perceptible transvers€ bands on th€ upp€r side.

Male: simild lo fcmal€ except snall€r in siz€.

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?76
/;
 M.alttrceenb (nn)
F@lc Mdo
L€agh ofbody 32.5 t'.5
L,.ngib ofpond|D (5.5 05,0
L.ogth oftlgeinr 13.5 11,0
L.bgb ofbl! ftdrr gt.0 ft.5
L,.ogrh of tur rilia tx.0 03.5

Mei.l qeiD& DrdL !.Dddo +VItr-1992 N-rr. S0610) I

ftorlq ssr de ht &VI-199{, I mala
 E rcmip hilia qrqbic o S^nss,
Pt.2 Map 2

Ereniphilia arubka Sauss.: acco'ding toGigto-Tos, t922. Orth. Mur.: j4

Disribution: Arabia. wesr Sindh and Afghanistan.

Fcmale: size smalt; head as bmd as pronorum: faciat ctypeus

dislin€tly convex witho( trace of upper carina, smooth, spanely itrrprEssc
punctale; ocellar area slightly concave; tmnsverse furrow
delimiring this area
from vertex feebly developed; verex smooth, with lar€ml turrows
distincl,
but shallo% while int€m€diale tunows arc scarcety developed; pronotuin
as
hoad artedorly as it is long; dhtinctly narmw€d posreriorly; for€ margin
convex iD the middle, bisinuale laterally; Iatenl inargins disrincrly
convex;
hind margin convex; upper surface smooth with a rransvese
ovat gibbosity
at th€ fore rnaryin and two smaller gibbosities posteriorlyj
reghina distinctly
coriaceuos, with rais€d veins, iong€r then broad, widely
rounded anteriorly
and at tbe ap€x, with hhd margin almosr srraight, stightly
excavale beyond
th€ middle; wings broader than tong, rounded apicalty;
fore fenora and tibia
with forc and six spines on lll€ outer side respecrively; sutsgenirat plate
wiih

Colouration: bro{,n; h@d and underside *hirish; le8rnna beneath

wirh a
sub-apical oblique rEnsvers€ blue-black band, not r€aching
the fore margia
the band well visible on the upper side of t€grnina; hind
wings unicotouris
brownish, with dlrker apicat boarder.

Male: similar to femat€.

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 M.osurm.fr (nD)
Faorl€ M.lt
(F4) (FD
ld.€[ Regc
L.oelt ofbody nfi $,o- 25s 19.0
L.og6 ofFoooum 05.50 05.0- 06.0 05.0
Ir.gd teglb&
of 0925 (D.0- 10.0 085
Langt!offc. coxa 04.75 -
(X.0 05.0 05.0
LoSbofft..er ,r 0525 04.0- 06.0 05.0
L.r|g|h oftibis 03.75 03,0 - 04.0

Ilc.iid aoEi!!*
Dilti€i5:
Ihda J.ln$o.o, +X1992 (NM, Soo@o} I @lq I f€o.l€.
liffrFdd.q I 1.ry-193 (lr.S. V.gm), I ftorle,
UEtot,27-VItr-196 (l[Il 8@r] I fto.le.
Thd,3GVItr.l996 MIf Soodro), I ftinab,

D
 GellrEtntudz/IaSplrlp,.

Dl{ldbr
Size Do&raq i€d trmsvlire, ho4 @|! i.t oor$ cFs
routr4 F6imC Fmoom t(ed with wcl.F@ourcd
lurft.. rculp![€i ndirn ad c&dal limb! mon robu4
t gDiDr ked...

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 Humbe iella indica S^trss.
PLi Map2

Hunberne a ikdica Sa\$s.: Giglo-Tos, 1927, Mantidac ofth€ world | 621.

wem€r, 1933. Proc. Zoot. S@.4: 897.
Relm, l949.Trans. Amer. Ent. So€.,74 : 188.

- -.
-
Distributionr Pakisran, Ind;a ad Sri Lank.
-
Femaler size moderat€; brachlpterouq head broad; antenna selaceous;

eyes round, outer convexities ofthe eyes proj€cting beyond lateral rnargin of
pronotuni pronotum broad, surfac€ sculptue well pronounc€d with carini-
form ridges on the prozona and snterior part ofnetazon. two tuberctes at
lhe poste.ior nargin of pronotum; la@Ill expansion of pronontrn more or
les quadratei mid and hind leg robust; fore femora have median line of
tubercl€s on the extemal facei coastal area of for€ wings cross€d by parallel

Colouration: b.ow4 facial shield black; black elonSated longitudinal band

on the e{emal face of fore femoc and transverse prc-apical blackish band

on th€ vartral side; regmina wirh black patch near the proximal re8ion of the

an.l margin; hind wing with pale brown bas€ and apex.

Measurements (mm)

L€ngth ofbody 30.0

Length ofpronoturn 06.0
Lenglh oftegmina 13.0
Length ofhind wing I 1.0
05.0
Length of forc tibia 06.0

ll
Material exmined: Mirpurkhas, 24-X- t 996 (M.H. Soomro), I femate.

J2
 FAMILY EMPUSIDAE

Dtrg.-r
lr.dirb to hgr, |'ar d 16.! 6ho8.6., o6.a biza|e ft.nr;
l,llt x with Fs$.iecq aEDe of nlL biF.{i!d6; irD.r
vEotr l spis of ft.a tibie dt€d!.ly oo.@.Ddthlo to 6ur
$o$ nmirg leg. oe.o wi6 l6f-lite hb.. d Oc ftutr .
KEY TO IEP SBIDS SI'B.X'AMILIDS
OF EIIFUSIDAE

l. Vr.!n plodc.d ido o log hm ; F@tun

lcg !d ffDw; d@ bipcdDe in mlc
(n.4) ....'., ......'. .. . ........8rr-..
- v.dax Fodbd iito s ahod oooa; Fod@t&

lhdt .!d t'rd; antdl- trelr. bbcc'rfb

(Pl. 5) ..........-......,....,.,.....D|?broftr

v
 G€trIr err.ac ng.r

DiDodr:
Siz! DdEa.ly l&ga; sLod..; .t!s mdd hn mr d al
Fmiolot b..d c..ic.l ystq prc&c.d iro r !m8 hd;
nr,.n
"r li!..ti!-. in Ddq Fotun ,r..y ,ro,,rh od
d€od.r, srya co'€l oeoio rbply cdlttrcb4 a liDgb
folieur hba at tte {Ex of .d iird &@0(|;
of thG rnid @d
t gninr .od sirys {,rrl d.i/.lA.d; .bddnd t!.g. dod&
dEgly eto.cngLd.

l5
 Empusa unicomis (L.\
Pl.4 Map 3

Enp8a unicomir (L.). \tlcnd-Malon, 1878. TEns. Ent. Sc. part 4: 259-
270.
Tinkhan, 1937. Ling. Sci. Jour. Vol. 16, No. 4 | 5?0.

- Dislributionr Pakisran, India and China.

-.
Male: size modemt ; eyes round; anrenna€ bip€ctinat€; head crnically
rostrate; vertex produced inlo an ocutar hor4 regularly lapering disrally
bul
rvilh two €ncircling and spac€d linear coistrictions one placed
approxinately halfthe distance from rh€ €yes ro rhe apex of the proc€ss and
oth€r at the distal end, the later being longiludina y quiet d€eply and
nanowly cleft v€nFally which resutrs in pair€d shaQ poinrs; faciat shield
with medio-longirudinat carina which reaches proximad to rh€ oceli; facial
a

clypeus with medio-tonSitudinal keet; pronotM very etongate

and slender,
of the characl€ristic €mpusoid type, the grearest breadth afoss th€ supra
coxal dilariory lateral margin of neraz]]na srraighr; pronotum we
eierior and posteno. rnorgnls broadly round€d; &grnina and
denticulat€i
whgs exceed well beyond lhe aMomen; abdoinen of usuat empusoid
pahem, mo$ of de t€rSites being srrongty disto-lalerad, the saine of
stemiEs but les, decidedty d€veloped and have venicat medio-longitudinal
sublamellare keel, ultimar€ r€rA;res with the dislolateral productions very

much smaller and less produced then thos€ ofnore proximal tergites; cerci
lona, Lapering at the apex.

l6
 Colouration: light green; head and venaal side ofFonotum ochraceous-buff;
legs with gr€en aod pale yellow altemare bandsi venaal side of fo.e cop
oEnS€ anterio.ly and black posteriorlyi regmina and wings cled hyaline to
sub hyaline, excepl dle marginal fi€ld oft€grnina opaque green, th€ rip oflhe
wings slighdy bufiy.

Female: similar to fie male except olennae s€taceous; terminal paired

constructions of ocular hom more prominent than rhat of malei spines on
pronolum rarge.

Colo'rElion: sam€ as male exceF tlle tegs without altemate band! ofg€en

Me{surcments (mn)

Female Male
(n=26) (n=10)
M€_an Rang€ M€_an Range
Length ofbody 55.25 50.0-61.0 52.0 40.0-64.0
L€ngth ofocularhom 06.37 05.0-07.5 04.66 04.0-06.0
Length ofpronorum 23.50 21.0-29.0 23.33 t7.O-2t.0
Length oftegnina 32.50 3t.O-3j.0 32.00 24.0-34.0
coxa
Length offorc 13.5012.0-14.0 13.00 09.0-16.0
Length offore femur 13.5012.0-14.0 13.00 09.0_16.0
Lengh offore tibia 06.75 06.0-07.0 06.33 04.0-07.0

Malerial examined:
Districts:
Mirpukhas, 3-VIII-1992 (N.M. Soomlo), I mdq 2 femates; same dala, but
28-VII-2000, I f€male.
Knairpuf, 25-VI-1994 (M.S. Wagan),2 f€nales.
Karachi, Clifron, 28-VIl- 1995 (N.M. Soomro), I female; Defense,

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 26-VI-2000 (A. Soomro), 2 femates.
Thara, K€njhar, 22-VIl- 199s (A. Somro), I male, I fenate.
Badin, l5-X-1995 (M.H. Soomm), t female.
Dadu, Jmshoro, | 3-XIl-1996 (N.M. Soomro), I male; 6IX-2t00 (Uaa), I

Umarkoi, 29lV-196 (M.H. Soomo), 2 nales.

Nusharofercz, Moro, 3-lll-1997 (M.H. Soomro), I male, I female.
Lark6na, I l-II-1997 (N.M. Soomro),3 females; l5J[-199? (8. Soolnlo), I
female.
Sanghar, l7-VII-1997 (N.M. Soomro) I femate; 20-V -1997 (M.H.
Soomo), I female.
Nawabshah, I l-XI-1997 (M.S. Wasan) r feinat€, I mate; s3rn€ dar4 but
2-VI-2000, I femalc.
Tfiar. Chachro. l-v-1998 (M.H. Soomm). I femate.
Cholki, l7-V-1998 (M.H. Soonro), I mal€,2 femates.
Sukkur, I ev- | 998 (N.M. Soomm), I femate.
Shakarpur, 2l -VI- 1998 (N. Meinon), I female.
Jacobabad, 27JII-20[10 (Naushaba), I femate.
Hyd€rabad, Site arer, l6-x-1998 (Fahe€n), I femalei viltag€ Oderlat,
Mitiary, 201-2000 (N.A. Shah), I mst€.

l8
 Gorlr rtqloqrdr Glgb-Tor

DLgr.b:
Siz. L(g.; .y.6 rcuadh! td Fooj.ld; vdt x Fodrccd inio
a reaU cqa; firi.l ahl{d AlFairlrl Foo.nle lho(! lat !3l

dilrtid ofpa@oth nor! o Iors .ndoi4 bgnin! &d wings

v,rll d6vd@ .nEodil8 well beyord lh. tip ofdF abdo.o;
body c.vl..d silh h.ir.

3'
 Blepharcpsis mendica (F ;)
Pl. 5 Map 3

Btepharcps is nendica (F .): Uvtov, t922. J. Bom. Nar. Hist. So.. 28 : 725.
: Beier, I 956. Jh. Ver. Valerl. Naturk. Wunemperg.
III Jahrang. E6t. Haft. Stuftganr 75.
-
Distribution: widely disrributed, it exiendj from the Canaries
throuehout Nonh Ailica, Syria, Arabi4 pakisran and rndia.

Fenale: size la€e; eyes round; venex with a sroul conical rooth (j.5
mm wjde at rhe base and 4.0 mm high), a longirudinal deep cleft
on the
ventral suface; faciat clpeus trapezoidal with mideo_tsleral keel;
facial
shield with median point ofirs dorsal nar8in produced and curving dolso_
cephalad, in cephalic asp€4 ir i! rougNy trigonal, with ils v€ntrat breadth
sub equal b
its median depth, rhe ventral margin rransverse runcat€, ils
dorsal one acute-angulate to fte apex of the median produclion; pronotm
shon wifi
laGral expansion wirh more fringed up 10 halfofrhe merazona,
pronotum well denticulate; teginina and wings well
devetoped; median
femora with four spines on the lobe, rwo large spines
at 1ne apex and a row
ofspinules on the ventral ridge; head, pronotum and legs covered with
hair.
ColoDmtion: head and pronoom yelow; abdomen da* brown;
distal sides
of supm-coxal dilation of pronotum dark green; regmina ha! a
membranous
pattem of mesh pale green, except for the costal area which
has alt€rnare
light and dsrk bands of yellow; wings hyaline ex@pt fo. a small apical
portion, which ha! a pale sr€en mesh pauem; veins moslty
dark geen ed

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 M.u|rlrnldb (d[)
L.mgb ofbody 6,O
Lagh Fo.dtD
of 18.0
l,ang& ofl[olda 06.0
LaghofDohr 12.0
L,aSthoft gDb. ,f5.0
Logt! offt|G oor. 15.0
L.lrgth offt|! ftM t0,0
LcmgA offtrc tibie (l)-0

M.r!trid .[@io.rl ILh, Jm|hoq +Xt994 (N, M@dr), I

fu.16,

1l
 FAMILY MANTIDAE

DirgDo6i!:
Small to l&ge forms of variable facies; venex wirhout
protubeEnc€; anlcnna. ncver bipectinate; pronorurn distincrly
long€r than wid€; anterior tibiae with a double row of ventral
spines, thos€ ofouier row more or lcss .r€cr and sepamred fron
each oth€r (occasionally redlced) nor $rongly inclined and very
close togcth€r; anterior f€non ventratly witi spines of inner
row mor€ or l€ss altemat€ly long and shon, that is, interval
betw€en longer spin€s with only one, not 3-4 short spines;
ncver with bicoloured mdking on tcsnina-

42
 KEY TO IEE SINDf, 8I'B TAMILIDS
OF MANTIDAE

l. S'As.!.Ipl& s6sly 6log.e

...IEvrairao

Supcr ,td Ca. !hs! ............ 2

E)'6 Fotircd rbov. ido sD.[

hotn litc knobr, Fmoo!! ddrLr

6l6gic4cfti bng,.,......... V.&..
l.Id ebor,! o6bhdiE of d|ard..s
... 3

3. siDer uqdly highy color.d @d

lvitb& eyE {|ot ......,........,.-lllr.|tLre

MDgr urroly h/aliDc a drL
naal &i@.............,......... Mrrfrae

13
XEYTO TEE SINDE GENERA
OF RIVEIINAE

l. Sir. lI8q Ftilotm Lt rrlt dadfouh.

...Hrfu
- Sir. rDr& Fcc'tn wioorl d.dilio

... fti.'ofr4b
KEY IO ITE SINI'H SPECIES OF
GD,NUS fvy.tht

l. Size (65.0en), wing with r diainci

€yc lpot d &e d.fl ..d of ti. coial

nargia(P1.6)........................./bdd ( Ttur!.)
- Sizc (7}.0nI!); *iD8 si6out an qlr

sFi (P|.7) ......,.,.,..........,... rrrt rd h.ry.

15
 Geua6 fi 1rcrbc n€hrd4hopprtd

D||g!6to:
Sizc lrgr; hr.d t o.4 q!3 ru{4 pimio.oq Fqdtn
&.ticul&; lrsaosl pld. *uely d-g!.; !$fr.i!.lpl&
Fsvild wirt r Fir of qirrs (F€r.d itr G 3o( @ly).

:16
 Nvetina fasciata (Thtn.)
PL6 Map 4

Rivetina f^ciata ThtrntErg, I 815 (according to Kaltenbach l9?6).

Rivetina baeticaRmbtt,1838. Fauna Ent. Andat.2: l9-20.
Riwtino tasciata (Thun.)t Ra]rllme, 1951. Mini. Zool. Mug Be.tin,27:325.
Ri.r'etinafasciata(Th\n.):Kambag, 1958. Ankda Univ. Fen. Fa.k. yay.
8l: 10.

Rivetina baetba (Ra'lilb|jf): K.altenbach, 1976. Orrh. Eurp. Vol. ItI, The

Hug€.: 160.
Rivetinaf6ciatu (mum.\ Den'iloy, t 9?7. Ezlrum, Ataturk Un. yay. No.
499 :47.
Rivetina f^ciata (TlLun.): Ciplak & Deniroy, 1997. J. Onh. Res. 6 : t08.

Disldbution: Circum-M€direnanean, ext€nding duough Nonh Africa,

South Euop€, West Asia and pakisran.

Fenale: size laeei brachyptemuq €y€s round; facial shietd twice a!

broad as high, upp€r ma4in arched; faciat ciypeus trapezoidat,
nedio_
transversry convex, two sligh! d€pr€$ions on the tower side; p|onotm
well
denticulate, anterior ftaqin nanowty .ounded where as
losrenor margm
broadly rounded; regmina and wings we| developed, tegmina nalmw,
wings
broadly rounded; fore leSs well armed; sub-genihl plste p.ovided
wirh pai. a
of spines; supra anal plale elongat€.
Colouation: body mohed; yellowish while wiih dark bro\an spots; spines
on
pronolum dark brownj intemai spin€s of for€ coxa whit€ while thrt
on the
exremal face dark bro\rn; spines of forc Gmora end tibia with
dark brown
tips; t€gnina beneath wirh three transverse dark brown bands well visible on
lhe upper sid€ and a dark brown patch at the basal region of anal margin;
hind wirgs dark brown with a larg€ €y€ spot donS tne dbtal end of lhe
coslal margin,

M€asuem€nrs (mm)

rf,ngth ofbody 65.0

L-€ngtl ofpronorurn 2t.0
Length oftegnina 25.0
Lengih offore coxa 13.0
Lengtft of for€ ferur 17.0
t€ngdr of forc tibia 08.0

Malerial exrminedl
Districts:
Sukhr, 5-III-1996 (N.M. Soonro), I female.
Gho*i, 20-vln-197 (M.S. wasan), I female.
Jac.babad, I7-vII-1999(M.H. Soomo), I fcmale.

48
 Rivetina nsheedi n.sp.
Pl.7A&B Map4

Diagnosis: r€lated lo rRl'er',a/arckra (Thun.) €xcepr rhat ir is large.

in size; wings withour eye spors and rhe copulatory appdaru! is differenr.

D€scription of male fiotoryper siz4 large; antennae loog, stender; head

broad, v€nex firh a distinct trenchanl edge; eyes pmmin€nl, round€di
prozona of pronotum denticulated Isrerally, nerlzona indistinctty
so, wilh
parallel margins; wings not rcaching rhe apex of rhe aMomen; anrerior coxa
shorter than pronotum wirh seven spines along the front nargin and
six to
seven short spinul€s behind; anterior libia with seven spines exlenally
and
twelve spin€s inr€ndly; supm anat plare rap€zoidal in shape wilh
well
defin€d keel in the middle and tria.gularly incised bchind; sub_genirat
plate
provided with a pair ofspines; cerci shoner than supE anar p€Ie.

ColouEtion: brcwn; dl the larse spines offionr femom dark bro*n apicalty;
pro$emum wirh rwo r.ansveEe btuds, rhe hind one with two
ocular spors;
costal maryin of Egmina ye owish whire, anat membran€ btackish witi
whitjsh veins ard pale base; hind wings dark brc*n wirh a tight brown parch
before lhe apex offie costalmarg;n.

Measuren€nts (mm)
Holotype
Male
Length ofbody 73.O
Length ofpronotum |9.0
04.5
L€ngrh ofregmina 44.0
t4.o
L€ng$ offore femur 15.0

49
 l,tuqirl .r€DitrGd D.dq JalDltdo, l7-IX-lB4 N"fr. Sooo.o), I

Btymlory: thn D.'w +.ciqr It ddcd ilr fu tdorrr of ploftr.r Dr.

Rr$ccd A, Sh.h, Vico Cbllor, Ubiv.lity of Sbd, ft. bi! gr€{
co@ihtlioa to {r€ prcoodon of Scicdifc R€lledr .t Ulivrsity ofsi!,ft,
Jafirhorc.

R.poditofy: tlet]tc Ededal ir dapositod i! &. &,lr€{rE, D€p.rtn st

ofzooloor, Untv.oity of sidh.

50
 KEY TO IEE SINDE SPECIES OF
GENUS rl&ot*epnr

l. Pro6ue wilh Ua.t tsiti* bod itrtldof

!d s l.196.loDgdod bls.k lpd h
it! ldddlo
fiw of hrd ugh...,.......,djLtJ WdDar
- Pronofin wlth b..rt shrpod Urd( Sot

... rt dasrt trrp.

5l
 G€rr' Mrcrutrqpir Worner

lrtg!all
Siz! sDdl, shd.r; n6d .bo|t hrlf .s brod .! Oe Fdn in
iE nitfut poitho; ey!! nod.ddy Fdinld; ncial rhi.ld
ltqcaidru Fa.dn w ttou dlotiii@; ruFe-ed pbto
storuly cld|gsb4 lub.gcoihl plde u!.rD.d; ftr|.te
bt&h)"taour.

n
 M ic ro I h espis d mi ft ieei W er\er
Map 4

Micrcthespis dnitioi Wemer, tm8. Sr. Pere6burg Ann. Mus. Zoot. ll :

108-128.

Uvarov, 1922. J. Bom. Nat. Hisr. Soc. 28 | 723.

i Uvarov, l93l. Ann. & Mag. Nal. Hisr. Ser. 10,

-: Vol.8:428-419.
-
Distdbulion: Pakislan and Aftica.

Maler slnall, slender; anr€n@ long, slender; ey€s round, prominent;

head boad; facial shield trap€zoidal, rwice as b.o.d a! hieh, sudace nat,
upp€r maryin arched; prcnotun with nerazona twice.he lenglh of prozona,
proznm nanowed forwdd, poslerior two third of merazona more or tess
parall€l sided; ant€rior naryin oflhe pronotum parabolic; tegmina and wings

tully developd reachinS the apex ofth€ aMomen; supr"-mat plate elongare,
tonSu€ shap€d with lh€ sides concave; cerci long€r rhrn rhe ptale.

Colouration: buffgrayi prolt€mum wirh black ransverse band in fronr of irs

middle and a lalge black spoi in front oflhe hind nargin; costat hargin of
legmina unicolourous; anal menbmnc blackish except al th€ base.

Femaler it g€nerally agrees with rh€ male cxcept it is bmchlpterous

and its sub-geniul plate is unamed.

5l
 fr.8lrn.tnd (nb)
lr.L Fs.l€
L€ogft ofbody 30.0 28.5
LlrSlt of pr@(,]|ln 08.0 08,0
L[glh oficlnha m.0 08.0
Lcoge of fuE co:o 05.0 04.0
L€nge offrrc ftaur 05.0 04.0
Lcnge offoE libir 04.0 03.s

lri&risl €xrnio€d. KsE hi, ls-D(-lg1 N.fr. Sooom), I nalq

!.mc drt , ht ?-X[-199, I ftoah.

s
 Microth espis s indhensis t.sp.
Pl.8A&B MaD4.

Diagnosis: related to Microttuspi.s dnibieyi Werl|Let ar:d M. eeahsi

Uvarov except that the prosremum ha! hean shape bla€k spot wher€ as in M
dmitrieyi Weme( ttg pro*emum is with black trsnsveFe band in ftont of irs
niddle and a large €longated black spot in Ronr ofrhe hind margin white in
il rvarri Uvarov prcslernum is without black patteh.

Descriprion of mal€ holoryper small and slender; antennae long,

slender; head broad; eyes round and prominenr; facial shield trapezoidal,

twice as broad as high, wirh upper margin strongty arched; surface flat;
pronotum wrrh merazona t$ce lhe length of prczona, prczona nanowed
forwa.d with ap€x panbolic, the expansion h half as \ride again as rhe
mrrowest part of me6zona, which is parallel sid€d in its poslerior twe
thirds; anterior coxa short€. d|ar pronotum with rwo short spinules along the
fronl margin; anterior tibia with nine spines q&malty and ren spines
inlemally; supm anal plate clongate, longue shap€d with the sides concave;
cerci somewhat long€r than plaie.

Colouration: brown; all the larg€ spin€s offronr femom and ribia dark brown
apically; prosrenum w;$ heart shaped black spor; costal margin of legmina
unacolourousi anal membrane btackish with pate narsin; hind wing dark
brown with an eye spor at the apex.

Description of femal€ allott?€: it generally asrees with the male

except ;t is brachypt€rousi anlerior coxa with rhree $on

55
 tibia widr €iehl spines extemally as well as inleft|ally; suEg€niial plale

Colouradon: bro',n; hind wins dark b.o*r wilh laree blackish eyespot and

Paratype: aSre€s wirh holoilpe and alloryp€.

M€asurem€nrs (nft)

a (trd) t (!=r)
26.0 25,5 25,0.211 263 26,0

7.0 8,0 6.G7.0 6.5 E,0

15.0 1,0 15.0-l&0 16.2 8.0

5.0 c0 5.M.0 55 6.0

5,0 6.0 40-5.0 4.7 6.0
4,0 4.0!45 4,1 4,0

Ma&rial examined:
Disticls:
Dadu, JeDshoro, 30-XI- 1992 (M.H. Soomro), 2 mate, I fenalei sarne dat4
but I5-VIII-1994, I male; Jamshoro, l9-txl95 (N.M. Soomro), I
male, I female.
Hyderabad, 20lll- 1996 (M.S. wagan),2 males;same dat4 bu2j-Vnr-
1998, I mal€.

Etymologyr .his new sp€cies is named after the Sindh province of

Pakislar.

56
 Repository: the type narerial is deposited in rhe museum, D€panmeni
of Z@loe)/, Unive6iry ofSindh.

57
 G en|trs Aethalochrca Wood-Masotr

Dilgno€is:
Body Sreatly elongated, bacilliform; head of mod€mr€ sre nor
wider than th€ lateral dihnon of pronotunj eyes high€r rhan
broa4 stongly prominulous tumid and ffmished ar lhe upp.r

fie junciion of the upper ald the laienl

and outer angle, or at
paru of $eir contour, with a conical non-frceted s?ine or ar
least with a minute round flat smooth tuterclc; pFnoEun
gready elongate; tegnina and wings wh€n closed hardty
extending b€yond rhe apcx of rhc finh abdominal seghent;
cerci broadly foliaceous, sparulat€, round€d oi truncate-rounded

58
 A eth o loch rco alrtnk Wood-Mason
PL9 Mrp4.

Aethalochr@ afwtu \tt ood-Mason, I 889. J. Asiai. So.. Bensal 58 : 3 13.

Distribution: Pakisran.

Malei body grea.ly elongared, baciltifom, head naEow, not wid€| that
the dilation offte pronotum; occiput concave; ey€s with a sharp rcgularly
conical non-faceted comeal spine; pronotum gready narrow and elongated,
m€tazona steeply roof-shaped, labml margin finety denticulate, urerior and
posterior margins widely rounded; fore femora irirh upper margin
concave,
crisra& at the apex; out€r edge anred with five spjnes of which rhe first
three are longer and the last two shoner, on the inner €dge with 12_14
altemately shoftr and longer, of which the lasr two ale small and on the
disk; fore dbia witl four spines outsid€ and seven spine! inside; pos&rior
legs cre$€d with spines on rhe cresq @8mina and wings tully devetoped,
bul
short ext€nding up to rhe fifth abdominat s€gmeDti cerci long, tubular,
laperiig at the apex.
Colourationr light gr€en; regmina and wings hyatine, cosral nurgin white.

Measur€meds (lhm )

Length of body 87.0

32.5
06.0
26.5
Lengrh oflegmina 31.5
t4.0
Lenglh of fore femur 17.0
Leneth offore dbia 03.0

59
Marerial examined: Hyderabad, Heenbad 20-Vt-1997 (N.M.
 Genus lris S{uss.

Di.groab:
Size moderare; robust; h€ad traruv€rs€; eyes oval, promin€nr;
pronotum miher thick; wings well develop€d; female

6l
 KEY TO TIIE SINI'E SPtsCIES
OF GENUS IrtJ

l. Eyr lpot Fls€d ar wiog'....2

- Elc leot qD.rdly ib€.d(Pl. l0A)

...$ltr&t Uvarcv

2. Eyc apol o@pl€t ly fill! tha wtol6 dilc

of wiDgs(Pl" lD ....,...,.,..- r!&r UvIw

xf|!g, with Lrg. blr.L ov.l 4d d tu
aF(eL 12A).................. o,srr& ( L.)

a,
 Ifis oratoria (L.)
Pl.l2 A& B Map 5.

Maktis oritoriE Lir'] eus. | 758. Sysl. Nat. Ed. I0. I : 426 (according to
Karabag 1958).
Uvarov, 1922. J. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc.,28 | 723.
Rainme, 1951. Mitt. Zool. Mus Be.lin,27 :328.
Kambag, 1958. ArlarE Univ. Fcn Fak. Yay. 8l: 9.
Kaltenbach. |976. Oni. Eurp. vol. ll|, The HuSe| I55.

Demirsoy, 1977. Erzurum, Ataturk Un. Yay. No. 499 :

37-38.
: Salman, 1978. Erarum, Ataturk Un. Yay. No.490: I16.
: Ciplak & Demirsoy, | 997. J. Orth. R€s- 6 : | 08.

Disldbution: Pakistan ed Medilermnean region.

Mal€: size node.ate, slender; anrennae thin, sclaceous; head

transvers€, Mce as broad as pronoral dilation; €yes conical; facial shield

lwic€ as broad as high wilh four sinall tubcrcles in the middte and on€ in
each com€r ofrhe sNeldj fscial clFeus twic€ a! broad a! high with stighl
depression in the middle; occiput distjnctly convex; pronotun more or less
parallel sid€d, metazona more than rwic€ as long as prozona, forc nargin
pambolic ,nd hind margin widely munded; tegmim exlending bur a linte
beyond thc apex ofthe abdomen! about tlrec times as long a! they ar€ in rhe

broadest pan wide; wings shoner th€n t€grnina, hind narSin almosl straight;

foE coxa with eidl spjnules on fte exrenal surface and 8-9 on the jnremal

6l
surfacq c€rc; lon8, rounded and rarher thick; supra-anal plate poinred at
apex; sub-genital plate with hind margin rarher broad, slightly conv€x.

Colouration: lisht green; prcnotum wilh brownish o.ange band at the sid€s;
wings wilh bluish black spots ar rhe base; spines of fore femom bla€k and
that offorc tibia with blackrips.

Fenale: sarne as male except bmch)?lerous; pronotum denriculate;

supra anal plat€ nanowly rounded.

Colouration: in colouradon it generally agiees with male excepl l€gmtua

with brcwn band at the upper margi4 costal dd enal area of wings brownj
fi$t five abdominal segmenb blackish.

Measuremenrs (mm)
Male F€inale
( n=4) ( n_-l)
Mean Range
Length ofbody 36.97 36.50-37.0 37.O
Length ofprorotum 10.87 10.50- ll.0 )1.0
L€Dgth oftegrniDa 21.05 27.00 -27.0 07.0
Lenglh of fore coxa 07 .a7 07.50 - 08.0 07.0
Length offor€ femur 07.87 07.50 - 08.0 08.0

MaErial examinedl
Disrdcrs:
Dadu, Jarnshom, 3-lV- 1992 (M.H. Soomo), 2 males.

Hydenbad, cymkhan4 8-IV-1994 (N.M, Soomrc), 2 males.

MirpukrEs, 5-XI-l99s (N.M. soonro), I f€male.
 Iris splendida Uysrov
Pl.l0A&B Map 5.

lris splend"la Uvan\, 1922. J. Bom. Nar. Hisr. Soc. 28 : 721-724.

DisFiburion: PakiiaD and Afshanistan.

Male: size nodelatej h€3d b.oade. than tne hkml dilation of the
pronotum; eyes oval; cl)?€us almost twice as broad as hieh, sliShtly concave

wilh pmlifention in the niddle; facial shield trap€zridal, twice as broad as

high, upper margin slronSly arched, flat wilh two small rubercles in its
middle; vertex with two lateml funows nanow bur very dhtinct; pronotum
more or less parallel, m€tazona twice as long as prozons, fore inargin scmi
circ'rlar wherc as th€ hind maryin widely rounded, pmnotal maryin wilhour
denticulation; l€gmina ex@nds to the end of the abdolne4 exr,emal carina of
anterior coxa armed with eight spircs, upper surface slightly convex,
intend surface wilh a single row of 8-9 callous drb€rcl€s on the ouler sidei

fore femora and tibiae with and armor typical for the genusi supra-anal plate
narrowly rcunded; cerci shorl, thick and pointed at the apex.
Colouration: greenish-yellow; spines of fore fenora and tibia€ brownish,
darker !o*"rd tle tips; fore tibiae orangish red beneath, fore meia-tarsi black

on inside except the apices; wings pinkish at the base and alremale bands of
black and sulfiu yellow extended fron the bas€ of the wings lo rh€ distal
ftarain.

65
 Iuerluralraots (nn)
Mr!.
( n=a)
M.o Rqc
l,agth of body 43.@ 43.0-{4.5
L,crgtl ofliodn 13.16 13.G13.5
lrrgth oft gmils 30.50 30.G31.0
Langth of fora co€ 10,t6 lo,Gt05
Lcoglh of fut tour 10.50 10.5-1r.0

Itdldal flnin d:
Dittsical
IhdD, Jddq 3-V-199 (I\, {. So@oI I dL: r.De dd, btr 26X-
1995,2Dd.a
Hyd€.rb6d, Irtiftbs4 IGX-1994 (N"lL Soomio), I D.le.
 Iris tsdians Avarov
Pl.l I Map 5.

lris rudians Uyarov: Bei$, 1956. Jh. Ver. Vaterl. Nanuft. Wuh€nberg III
Jahmg. Erst. Haft. Stuttgan: 7 | -72.

Dstibution: Pakistan ,nd lrarl

Fenale: size medium; brachypterous; head rlansvelsc, broad€r than

pronotal dilatioq cyes round; facial cl'"eus trap€zoidati with lonSirudinal
median fmowi fronEl shi€ld trapezoidal wirh rwo sma tubercles;
pronotun mther thick; prozona with round€d ap€x; metazona more than
twrce as porzona, more or less parallel side4 slighrly d€nticulat€, broadly
rounded posteriorly; hind wings wirh pambotic apex; supm-anal platc
round€4 c€rci shon, thick and pojnted.
Colouration: light green; hind wings wirh large btackish btue spot atmost
coverang the €nrire wing.

Measuemenrs (ftn)
Fehat€
(n=l)
Mein RanSe
Length ofbody 36.66 35.0-40.0
Length ofpronorun 10.83 10.0-12.0
Length oftegmina 16.00 13.5-18.0
coxa 07.66 07.0-08.0
t €ngth of fore
femur 07.66 07.0-08.0
Lengrh offor€
tibia 05.33 05.0-06.0
Length offorc

67
 Marerial exanined:
Disticts:
Larkan4 lslv-l994 (M.H. Soomro), I f€mate.
Ghotki, 7-III-199 (M.S. lvagan), 1 female.
Jalobaba4 25-X-1999 (M.S. Wagan), I fcmal€.

68
 KEY TO THE SINDH GENERA
OF MANTINAE

l. honotum sfticircularly rounded

(Pl. l3) .......-............._.....SphodmDu"et

Pronotum norc or less para el sided

(Pl. l4) ...........................2

2. Pronotrm al,out th€ s€mc size as forc f€Nnon

Pronoturn considerably longer lhan forc

femoB .. .. . . .. .. .. .. ... .. . . ... .... T.nod.n

L Spots on for€ coxa and forc femur

.., 4

ForE c.xa and for€ fedur {/ithout

spors.............,................ Ei.todula

4. A largc spor on tle inl€mat face of fore

cora . .. .. .. .. .. . . _, . .... .. .... . -... lvont*

Black spots on the intcmd face of both

fore coxa snd for€ femom , rhe posterior

one on dtc for€ fenon with omnge

ce er,.,,.,.,.,.,.,.,...,,,.,.,.... SrrnTit

69
 Gerlr

DLgldl*
Siz. Edium to hS6; body bm€d ed helvy; .t s gbbul.e;
aDlamua satec€orB; lifint m ho{d ad hlavy, abotrt tha aaiD6
l€ogth fqr f.6o.; co)ol e|trlsgdr.dt tonrdly osod€d dd
aB

pl.6.d w.[ fol{ [d o thr Fffilo; id.r6l &c. of 6rc co)(a

lDd fq! lilia iDEauliq wi09 JlFsrbg llE +.x of
abd@!|r; oolor v&iar to glrn to brow!.

m
 Sphodromantis tronscoucasica (Br,W 1
Pl.13 Map 6.

Hielodula truBcauc^ica Br.w:Bei.., 1953. Vidensk. Medd_ Fra Dansk.

naturh. Foren., bd. 115 | l7l .

B€i€r, 1956. Jh. Ver. Vared. Naturk. Wunemb€rg.

III Jahrane. Elsr Haft. Stungrn:72.

Sphodtunnntis trMcaue^ica (Br.W)r Bder, 1962. Nar. Hist. Mus.

wien. I I12.

Distriburion: Pakislan, AfShanisbn, China and tndia.

Mal€: size mod€rate ro large; fairty robusq head broad; eyes gtobulaa
facial shi€ld neady as b.oad as high with two longitudinaj
ma€ini upper
margin stronSly arched; facial cllpeus trap€zoidat with the medio
longitudinsl ridg€, slightly convex; pronotum srnall, almdt aboul the same
length offore femora, coxal e argem€nr ofthe pronolum roundly cxpanded
and placed well forward on dl€ pronotum, lar€mt margin of prozona
d€nticulate, met 2ona twic€ 3s long a! prozon4 fore marSin of ponotun
nanowly rounded where as hind maryin btu.tly rounded, pronottlrn wilh
laGral expansioni tegmina and wings tully developed suQassing the ap€x of
th€ abdomen; apices of tegmina narowty round€d; fore legs stoutj lower
keel of fore coxa with dr€e tdaneular kel-like cusps with ihr€e to four or

five sftall tub€rcl€s in th€ middle; fore femora wilh four extemat and fiieen
intemal spines and fore tibia with eleven exlemat and fifteen sDines: cerci
long, &pering at the apex.

'tl
 Colouration: green; pronorum unicolourous with whire outlinei cost l
margin oftegnina white, a whit€ triangulff spot wirh thin black ourline n.ar

lhe apex of lh€ tegnina; extenal spines of rhe fore feno|a and ribia wilh
black tips whereas int€mal spin€s dek brcM wirh btack rips.

Female: similar to male.

Measurenenrs ('nm)
Mal€ F€male
(n=la) (n=23)
Mean RanSe Me3n Range
L€ngft ofbody 49.25 45.0-55.0 52.4 47.0-62.0
Lengh ofpmnotum t6.00 15.0-t7.0 17.8 t6.0-20.0
Length oftegmina 36.00 33.0-37.0 40.3 35.0-48.0
Length offorc coxa I1.25 t0.0-12.0 12.2 lt.0-t4.0
LenSlh offore femur 13.75 13.Gt4.0 16.2 15.0-18.0
Length offor€ tibia 07.00 6.0- 8.0 07.8 07.0-{)9.0
Ma&rial exmined :

Dstricrs :

Kamchi , Gulsh$ Iqbal , 7-IV-1993 ( N.M. Soomro ) 2 mates ; same dar! ,

but 2?lV-1993, I mal€ .

Dadu , Sehwan , I6-VII- 1993 ( M.H. Soomro ) I fcmale ; Janshoro ,

Il-[I-2000 Gill ) I male;Jamshoro
( N. V-2000(Uana),I 2
nale; Janshoro, I9-VII-2000 ( B. Soomlo ) I nate.
Hyderabad , Latifabad , 2-V- 1994 ( N.M. Soomro ) I mal€ ; sam€ dsta , but
27-V-l995,2fenilates.
Badin, 7-III-1996( M.H. Soomro ), I male.
Umerkot, 25lV-1996 ( M.H. Soomro) , I inate .

Khairpu, 26lV-1997 (N.M. Soorrc ),2 femates

Thatta, Kenjhar Lake , l7-VIII-199? ( A. Soomro ) , I fenale .

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Iartma, 1r-E-198, ( N"Ir,l So@ro ), I fto.lc, I mL; @ rb, h!
23-Itr199,3 tu le.;21-V-f9!D ( An|. So@ro ),2 ftDah!.
1l|.r, Mi6i, 3-V-198( B. somrc), I tu lc.
Sul&n , l4-V-1998 ( N. thaitt )4 faruLt .
Nulherozalz,I'loro,3-Itr-l9t (MIf So@o), I fGN!.L.
Sbil(lcFn, ZM-198 ( N.l'icdo ), I fiDde.
Gbdd, t?-Un-198 ( B. Soonio),2n lc; !.D€ rtrla, hr llvn-1990!
I d.h, I fto.l€ .
Sogt€r , l-Itr-1990 ( Mtl So6ro ) I ftodc .
Jacob€b.d, l3-IlLZno (N. sbdlh ), 1 db.
Mipurlh.s,2&VII-2000 ( NM Soodo ),2&o.h3.
 GeutE Tenoderu B\rmeiEaer

Di.grosis:
Size mlhcr to very large; elongate, bui r.th€r robulrly built;
facisl ficld about twie rs brcld as high; promturll moderarely
long but quite stout in the commonest sp€cie!, only feebly
broadened ai the transverse sulcus; lateml pronoral nargins of
females fm€ly serrat€; t€gmina and hind widgs fully d€velop€d,

tiF sub-€cute; forE legs slout, lower haryin of coxa srongly

tooth€d; niddlc and hind femora earh with an apical spinc;

Green colouation of 0egmina sharply limited ro snterior area;

for€ coxa without black-ringed spot).

74
 KEY TO TEE SINDE SPECIES OF
GENUS Taiotba

l. Prrtrbd@lylogdrrroe(Pl. 14)

...e- (sbl)
- Pr6d|n hag. ed robus (PL It
... ri{DL dltred, (S!oll)

75
 Tenoderu stten ustq (Stoll)
Pl.l4 Map 7.

Tenodera atten@ta (Stoll). Tinkham, 1 937. Ling. Sci. Jour. Vol. 16,
No. 4 : 558.

DislributioD: Pakistan, India and China.

Msle: size very long, slenderi eyes round; he{d twice as broad as
pronotm; facial cl)?eus trapez.idali facid shield twice as broad as high

with anlerior margin arched; Fonotum exrrem€ly long and narrow;

bicarinate with well defined carinae granulose in font of transverse sulcus

and stongly carinate behind; fore legs stout, laleml margin ofcoxa with row

of altemate small and large tub€rcles; mid-dd hind-femoE each with two
apical spines; t€gtnina and winSs fully developed but abbreviated dd
shoner ihan the abdomen; tegmina nanow; c€rci long, slout; styli short.

Colouration: brorh; hind wings much pal€r.

Femaler similar to male.

M€asurenenrs (mm)

Male
Lengh ofbody 79.O,78.5 78.O
30.5, 29.0 30.0
04.0, 04.0 04.0
Lenglh ofregmina 52.0, 51.0 54.0
Lenglh of fofe coxa 14.0, 14.0 16.0
tEngth of fore femur r8.0, 18.0 19.0
Length of fore tibia 08.0, 08.0 08.0

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 Material examined:
Distdcts:
Dadu, Jamshom, 23lV-1995 (M.H Sooturc), I f€malq S€hwan, Lalbagh,
5lx-2000 (8. Bushio), I rnale
Hyderabad, Qasimabad, l5-VlI-1997 (N. Menon), t male.

77
 Tenoderu oi.lifolis atidifolia (Stoll)
Pl.ls Map 7.

Mantis oiditolia Sroll. lall. Specrres, Mantes, etc.: 65-Sedill€, I 839.

Ins. Orth: I 78.
,wuet:rre., 1838. Handb. Ent.II: 535
Saussurc, I 869. Mitiheil. schweiz. Ent. Ges€lls. III| 69
I Saussurc. 1871. Mem. Soc. Phys. HisL NaL ceneve,

XXI 27.
: Rehn, 1903. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phjladelphia: 705
Tehod"ru atidilolia : AiA]F-Tos, lqll. Bull. Soc. Enr.ltal. Xl,lll rJ7.
Giglo-Tos, I914. R€€ord In. Mus. Vol. VIII: 416.
Tenoderu atidilotil edifolia: TinktErn, 1937. Lins. Sci. Jour. Vol. 16, No.
-r 4.557.
Distribution: Pakistan, India and China.
Female: laqe, robust; h€ad broad; ey€s roun4 antennae selac€ous;
facial shield strongly arch€d wiih two loDgitudinal nargiis; facial ctyp€us
trap€zoidal with median longitudinal marein, slighrly conv€x in rh€ middle;
pronotum $out, almost pamllel in th€ middle, lateral margins finely senare,

pronotu strongly €arinatc behhd rransverse sulcus, f€ebly bicarinate in

ftont with few (2-l) carinae Sr.nulose; fore coxa wirh nurhemus tubercles on
intemal and extemal lndgiq tegnina snd wi'gs tully developed, regmina

Colouration: brown; extemal spines on fore femom and tibia wit! black tips
wherea intemal large ones black and smaller on€s with black tips.

7a
 Measur€ments (mm)

(n=10)
R ng€
Lcneth ofbody 78.6 70.0.84.0
Lengthofpronoturn 27.0 26.0-27.0
Length oftegmina 54.3 45.0-56.0
coxa
Length of for€ 16.0 15.0-16.0
femur
Length offor. 2r.0 20.o-22.O
tibia
Lenglh offorc 09.0 08.0- 9.0

Material ex8minedl
Districts
Hyde.abs4 3-VII-192 ( M. H. Soono ), I ftmalc; san€ dat4 bur
21VJ993, I female .
Nawabshah. 2-lV-1993 { M. S. Wagan ).2 females .

Dadu, Janshom, 3l-VI-1994 ( N. Memon ), I femrle; sane d.ra, but

23lV-1995, I fenale .

Nusharoferoa I 5-V- I 995 ( M. S. Wagan ). I female .

Mirpu*has, ls-ull-1997 ( M. S. wasan ), 1 female .

SanShar, l9-VI-1998 ( N. M. Soomro ), I femde .

KaBchi, 7-VIll-1999 ( N. M. Soomro ), I fem.l€ .

n
 Gcuu Eicrudrdl Eurucfutcr

Ix.grd:
Sir. ood.r& to L(!q had hcA .J6 prdinrat 6,0@l
shi.ldlr h q witbout spioifda t$.(cL; prmdi'tl nor. cs
I.ss Ddsllcl sid, d.rtio de; sin8. €{Eidi4 sdl bq.rd
tbc !bd@!o-

t0
 Hierodula coa ala (Sanss.\
PI.16 Map6.

P a rc h i e / o du l a c o aftata S Nss,nrc la69.

Hiercdula coa atasaua3lnq 1871. in Mt. Schweiz. Ent. Ces., V.I :6?.
Saussur€, 1883. Mem. Soc. c€neva, V. 21 : 85.
Bon€, 1889. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgirque V.27r 81.
- - W€st Wood, 897. Revis. Mantid : 14.
|

- - Bolivar, 1904. in Anr. Soc. Ent. France V.60:310.

- - Knby, 1912. Cat. Orth. Brir. Mus. V.t r24.
-Paruhiercdula
-. coa.tata: Gieto-'tos, t97 . n Bul. Soc. Enr. Ita. V. 43 j 24.
| I

- - o-Tos, 1927. Orth. Maridae | 459.

Distributionr Pakistan, India and China.

Female: size modemre; head broad; eyes roundj fronrat shield flat,
upper margin arched; facial clypeus lrapezoidal; pmnorum more or less
parallel sided, lareral dilation d€nriculale excepr for one third parr of
merazona postenorly, anrerjor nargin nanowty rounded, posterior nargin
widely round€d, pmnotum about rh€ sam€ tength as fore femo.a; ca osiri€s
on the posterior half of fore coxa; reSmina dd wings wel d€v€loped,
surpassing well b€yond rhe ap€x ofabdoinen.

Coloumtion: gre€n or bm*n form; verrex with oragnish transvetse band;

callositi€s of foE coxa white; for€ f€mord spines on the inlernal side €ntire
black and black tipped alremarely ananged.

8l
 Measurements (nln)
Felnale
(n=34)
Mean Range
L€nglh ofbody 56.50 55.0-58.0
Length ofFonotum 17.50 17.0-18.0
Length oftegmina 41.00 4O.U42.5
Lenglh offore coxa 13.00 l2.O-14.0
Length offore tibia 17.25 16.5-18.0

Mat€rial examined I

Dstricts:
Nawabshah, 3-I[- 1989 ( M.S. Wagan ), 3 females; sam€ data but

l-VII-I992,2 f€males.

Dadu, Jamshom, 2lV-1992 ( N.M. Soomm ), 2 fenales; sam€ data but

16-v-1999, I f€malq Jamshoro, l0-VI-2000 (A.M. Soo o),I

Mirpurklns, I-VII-1992 ( N.M. Soornm ) 2 fenaler.

Keachi, Clifton,2-V-1994 ( B. Soomo ), I femal€; same da|!, but
27-V-1995,1female.
Hyderabad, Heeraba4 I llll-195 ( A. Soonm ), I female; t atifab3d,
ll-xl-1999(N. Shaikh )2 f€male$ same datqbut l9"xI-1999, I

Umerkol, 29-IV-1996 ( M.H. Soomro ), I fenale.

Badin, 7-IV- 1996 (M.S. Wagan ), I female.
filAna, I7-VIII-1996 ( N.M. Soomm ), I female.
Sukkur, l6-X-1997 ( M.S. Wagan ), I female.
Khaipur, 25-VI- 1997 ( M.S. Wagan ),2 fenales;same dau, bl4
20-VI-1999,2 f€males.
Thar, Chachro, 3-V- 1998 ( M.H. Sooinro ), I fenalF

a2
CborLi l5-V-198 ( M.Ir S@o ), r tub,
Lart(rn.' 22.IV-r998 ( B. Somlo ),2 f@dcs.
thifrei.,
2GVI-1998 ( N. IrL.no ), 1 tula
Nudramtuoa 30-X-198 ( MIl So@m ), 2 ftd.Lr,
Sugbr, l-E-1999 ( fr.II. So@ro ), 2 tu lc&
Jrcob.br4 l3-N-2(m ( N, Gill ), I ftodc.

t3
 Gents Manis L.

Diagrodi!:
Size mediun Iarg€; head broad; 6,onral area above cb?€us
(faciel shield) not nore than twicc as broad as high; r%mina
and wings ftlly dev€lopd in borh sexes; hind wings if d.rkly
pigm€nt€4 not strongly so and confined to base; tegmina mther
broad with antedor margin convex and apex rounded; niddl€

and hind femon without apicsl spines;

Gre€n, or sometimes
brown, colounrion of tegmina nor sh$ply linir€d @ anenor;
fore coxa€ each with a largc black-ringed spot near bas.).

u
 KEY TO THE SINDE SPECIT-S OF
GENUSrfftrdg

l. A larse bklk cpoi on the iht6rnrl ftc. of

ft[! coxr......,,................,.r'4|L! rdldfi, L.

- A lEg. wiit +ot d th, idcrrl fi.. of

fo|! coxa.........................n qsht' dito, ub.rp.

t5
 Mantis religiosu religiosa L.
Map 8.

Mntis reliAiosa Lilm.us, t758. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10, I : 426 ( according to
KambaS 1958 )
: Ramme, l95l. Min. Zoot. Mus. Bertin, 2? : 329.
: Kdabag, 1958. Ank'ra Univ. Fen Fak. yay.8l : 9.
I Kalienbach, I 976. Die Orth. Eurp. Vot. rII , W. Jur&
The Huge. : 152.

: Demirsoy, 1977. Erzurum, Aratu* Un. yay. No. 490:

I t7.
: Ciptak& Demjrsoy, 1997. J. Orrh. Res.6:

Disrribution: wortdwide.

Maler medium to large, slend€r; facial shield some what less

thsn
lwice as broad as high; pronolum rather long an nanow, broadest wel before
middle, finely senated latenlty anrerior lh€ dorsat transvelse sulcusi
10 tu y
winged; legrnina extended to or surpassing apex of aMomen;
sub-g€nital
plate small.

Colourarion: body and t€gs usuafly green or gre€nish ye ow (some

sp€.rmens entirely patc brosn); in g€€n form l€gmina pale grE€n, some
times hyaline wirl narow border; wings rmnsparent or pate gr€en; inner
face ofcoxa wilh large btack spot.

86
 Female: same as nale excepr more elongate; pronolal margins finety
dd densely s€Fat€d far nore than half the length; sub-genital plale larger

Measurements (rm)

Male Femte
(n=14) (n=23)
Mean Rang€ Mean R nge
Len$h ofbody 44.60 43.046.0 49.00 4s.0-j0.0
Lensth ofpronorum 13.50 13.0-14.0 15.16 14.5-t6.0
Length oftegnina 31.00 30.0-32.0 33.83 33.0a4.s
Length offor€ coxa t0.00 10.0-10.0 10.50 10.5-11.0
lrngtfi offor€ femw t0.66 10.5-ll.O 12.33 ll.0-13.0
Material examincd:
Distdctsl
Dadu, Jamshorc, I8-III-1992 (M.S. Wagan), I mdq 2 females; Sehwan
Lalbash, 2-V-2000 (B. Bwhio), I mate.
Hyd€nbad, Qasimabad, l3-tv-1994 (N. Memon), I femate; Latifabad
27-VII-1995 (N.M. Soomro), I female; same dal! bur 6_VI-1996, I
feinale.
Katachi. culshan lqbal 7-V-t995 (N.M. Soomro), I femate; D€fens€,
23-V-1996 (A. Soomro), I femat€; Clifton, 22-V_2000
(8. Soorhro), I female.
Nawabshah, 24-V- 1995 (M.S. Wagan), r mate, I ftmalq su€ data, bul
2-M999,2 femates.
Khai.pur, 26-lV-1996 (N.M. Soomro), 3 felllales.
Thatr, l7-VI[-1996 (A.M. Soonro), I femate.
Larkana, l+II-1997 (A.M. Soomro), 2 males.
Thar,5-V-1997 (M.H. Soomro), I female.

87
Badin, 27-Xl-1997 (M.H. Soomm), I f€ftale.
Gholli. 7-xll- 1997 {N. Shaikh), 2 males, 2 females.

Nushamf€rlz, 21-l[-1998 (M.H. Soomro), 2 nal€s.

Jacob€bad, 27-Vl- 1998 (M.H. Soonro), I nalc; same dala, but 2-vlft-1998

Sanghd, GVI-1998 (M.S. Waaan), I mate; sane d.t& but 29-VrI-1999 2

fernales.

Shikarp'n, 2-)flI-1998 (M.S, Wagan), I fcmale.

Umerkot, 6-IV-1999 (N. M€mon), 1 fcmale.
Mirpurkhas, 28-VI- 1999 (A.M. Soomro), I mate;28-\,I-lB9 (M.H.
Soomro), 1 male, I f€male.
SuH(ur, 5-1'I-1999 (M.H Soornro), I mat€, I femal.; lS-V-2000 (tvt S.
Wsgantlnste,tfetule.

8E
 Mantis rcligioso akboli tr,sub.sp.
Pl.l7 A& B Map 8.

Diagnosis: this sF.i€s is closely relat€d to M reli?,bra L. but diffe.

by having white spot instead of black on imer face of fore coxa.

Descripiion of mal€ holotype: medium large; facial shi€ld somewhal

l€ss than twice as broad as higb pmnotun mther lonS and nano*, broad€sr
well b€fo.e middle, finely s€rared laremlly anterior !o th€ dorsal transvers€
sulcus; tully wing€d, tegnina exlending to aFx of aMomen; sub-genilal
platesmall.
Colouration: soft green; fore coxs wirh large white spot at the base and small

white ocella. spots scattered on the inner side; femora wirh white spor in rhe
middle; p.ostemum with four while spots nea. lh. posterior margin.

Allolype female: generally agees with nale hotot}?e.

PMrype: agrees wirh $e holorype and altoDc in ever) rcspect.

Measur€nent (mm)

Holoryp€ Allotlpe pamb?€

rnale feDale male f€nate

LenFh ofbody 43.0 49.0 46.0 48.0

Lenglh ofpronolum 13.0 15.0 t4.0 l4.s
Length oflegnina 30.0 34.0 32.0 33.0
Lensth offore coxa t0.0 10.0 10.0 10.5
Lenglh offore tibia 10.5 13.0 ll.0 ll.0

89
 !d.t ri.l .x.&i!.d
Diltict!:
Drdr, J|mlbdq 5-Vn-1989 (M,S. W.ge), I ndq Jddo, l7-VJ99
(NJt So@o), I &@slq r@ddq 2&VItr-Zno N. OilD I osle
Il}d€trba4 r dfirlrr, 9x-l99a (M.II So@oI I tu ta

EgdolofDr: lhir Dery $b-rpecie ir m.d b tb. hdot! of pto&r.o.

Dr. S.S. Al6c.

Rtpcilorla the typ. nidid i! dcpdi!6rt b tha nu!m, D€pa@

ofZodogr.

90
 Genur Slcdlir Stel

DLglo*:
Siz. ncriird; b€d brc.4 c)Es gbhrla, Fjcd[g wel
b.ydd ee lel augid of lruoo4; Fudlo mr€ q l.€s
pdalol dd.4 rbd! tt! .@6 hqth as ftr. ftDo.q oot.l
obagmt lai FEioG t{..t eot o ti. ie|Nrl ftc. o,f
bo(h fu! cqs d fur G@d€.

9t
 Stalilia ocellata Uyarcv
Pl.l8 A & B Map 9.

Stotilia ocelldh U\arc!.1922. J. 8om. Hist. Soc., 28; ?2t.

B€ier, 1953 Bidenst. Medd. Dansk. Nannh. Foren.
l15:170
-
Dislribution: Pakistan.

Male: siz moderate; head broad; eyes globular, ouier convexiti€s of

the eyes projecting well beyond the lateral margin of th€ pronotum; frontal
shield twice as broad a! high, upper msrSin strongly a.ched, surface nat;
facial clyp€us with lransverse ridge in the middle and two slight depressions
on lhe low€r side; ocellar area slightly convex, lmosvers€ firrow delimiting
this area from venex; pronotal dilation naEower, more or less panllel sided
with spircs on lateral margin, fore margin semi,circulai and hind margin
widely rounded, th€ length of pronotum is almost the same as fore fanora;
fore coxa amed with ssv€n spines; tegniha as lonS as sbdonent cerci long.

Colourationr brown; p.ostemum with black Fansverce band on anterior side

ad two whitish ocellar spots encircl€d by black on the poslerior sid€; fore
coxa wilh blek spors on idemal face; fore femora with two black spots,

post€rior on€ with otuge center.

Female: it geneElly agr€es with male excepl tegmina exceed *ell

b€yond lhe apex ofabdomen. Spines on prozona are more prominent.

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 Mca$rtdldt (rtrn)
Mdc Fdda
L@gth ofbody ,l8.0 4&0,52.0
L.oSth ofFudrD 17.0 15.5,l8t)
Lagb oft gbiir 32.O 35.0,1(I0
Langttr offolr co'(6 14.0 14,0, I3.0
L.oglh offfi! ftour la.5 t4-5 ,16,0
Lcog6 of fuc tthr 043 {x.0,05.0

Itlcrid dhi.dl
Di*lct!:
Drdr, J@ihm, $vln-1989 (fr.S. V.gE) I nErb Jedm, 3-X-199A
(MJf So@D) I Dt .
Hyda!b.4 S.ds, lcm-1997 (N. St.it!} r ftd€la

9:l
 DISCUSSION

As there is no univ€rcally acc€prei systcm of classificarion of

Mantodea (Roy 198?). In this work the schenc of classitication followed is
that ofBeier(1964,1968). A tor.al of2l species were @lleded, ofthese four
belong to family Ereniaphilida€, rwo 10 Empusidae (one each in Enpus;nae
and Blepharodinae) and fifteen ro MaJridae (one of sub-family Rivetinae,
on€ ofvarinae, three ofPhoroininae and sev€n ofMantinae).

Th€ family Eremiaphilidae is reprcsDred by four sp€cies, namely

Ercniaphilia arubi@, beniaphilia laditon , Hmbetie a indica nd
Theoponpula sihdhica n.sp. Wood-Mason (lSS9) reported the species of E
aabica ftom nonhwest part of Sindh, bur Ciglo-Tos (1927) was of the
opinion ftat this sp€cies does nor oc.ur in Sindh. The pres€nr finding
confimed that E. arabica occurs in Sindh. t /"er,y'oa, is rccorded for th€
firsl time ftom Sindh and genera y agrees wirh the d€sciption giv€n by
Uvarov (1922) excepl rhar lhe btack spot on lhe under side of legnina is

Hunbeftie a indica is atso recorded fton Sindh for rh€ first rime. h
generally agrees wirh the d€scnpdon by Saussure except it is
smalter in size
and the fore coxa is wilhour rraruverse pr€-apical btackish coltar.

Theoponpula sindhica is described as new sp€cies. Ir is probably th€

smallest known speci€s in tle world. trs size approaches to rtg si2g
of Botbe
Plamae4 (C.f Crasshopper and Manrids of rhe Wortd by Ken pr€ston-
Malham, 1990). Irs small size atone wmanrs a! a new sp@ics in the genus

94
 Theoponpula. Tl\e of neoponpula sihdhica nakes a roral of four
^ddltion
spe.ieshrhe gerus Theoponp a.

Of the wo speci€s of famity Enpusidae a fanly hrge dumber

sryir,].ens of Enpue unicozir wer€ studid. In one female specimen
spines on the lat€ml margin ofpronotum we.e much prominent but ir will
I.tional !o create I sp@ies or sutsspecies on the size ofpronotal spin€s.

The family Manridae is repres€nted by fifte€n species, of these two

spe.res namely l?,)er'r, rar heedi artd Microthespis sindhensir, and one sub-

species Montis r"hgiosa ak a'i are described newro science.

The senus.arn is rcprcs€nred by three sp€cies nan.ly. Iis uatoria,

Irb splendida 8nd Ins radians. Iris sptendida was esaltished by Uvarov
(1922) baled on s singte f€male fiom Afghanisran. We
have matc of this
sp€cies pr€viously underqib€d. Il has siftil
chamders as tbose descriH
by Uwrov (1922) except it is smaler in size, lhe margin ofpronotun
not
denticulate, tegmina excnds !o the end of rh€ abdomen and
wings lack a
black ov3l spot at th€ ap€x. In cotountion it g€neralty agrees
with rhe rype
except wnas are pinkish at the base ed the alternat€ bands of btack and
sulfir yellow extend from the base ofthe wings ro rhe distal nargin. During
the present finding four male specimens of iris sptendida, rhre9 ferll te
sp€cimens of ,ir .adirru and fou males and one femate of t^ orutoria

The speci.s Statitia oce ata was estsbtished by Uvarov (1922) on the
basis ofsingle f€male coltected Gom
eu€tia, Baluchis.an. The male ofthis
spec'es rc@dd fo. the first tim€ fron Sindh. Ir geneElty agr€es wirh lhe
's

95
 description given by Uvarov (1922) exc?t lhat tt'e spines on rhe prozona arc
less promrnenl as comD4ed to female.

wemer (1908) from Dibonti and Harrar on rhe Somalia coas. of

Africa €stlblished the genus Microthespb w\th a snry,te species Microthespis
dztflsri. Its s€cond species natnely MiclothTpis eea6t \ras describ€d by
Uvarov (t931) from Quetta, Baluchisia. presenr,y we have described new

EEies Microthdpis sindhen is. This makes the lolat number of tttree

The species Aethalochroo afinis and Aerhatocht@ spna6 wqe

€stablished by wood-Mason (1889) from Sindh. Ciglo_Tos (192?) was
dubious aboul th€ validity ofthes€ species. Dudng the pres€nt srudy we have

.ollecred Aethalochrca afrna from Hyderabad tbus confirmed rhe presence

ofthis sp€cies.

Mantis rcligiasa .eligiosa ;s a wortd wide distribured sp€cies. rt is

divided inlo a number ofsub-species. presently w€ hav€ added a new sub-
speci$ Mantis religiosa akbari, which is characreriz€d by lhe pr€s€nc€ of
white spot on ih€ inl€mat face offore coxa, inslead ofbtack.

In this area dle most dely disrribur€d and dominanr species ar€
Enpuw uni@rkis, Manus ,etigiosa retigiosa, Hieroduta coartah and
Sphodrcnantis trawcaucasr'ca The nost pronounced cotour variation was
rccoded in Spho*onMtis E@tcaucasica and M@tis rcliSiosa rcligiNa,
green and brown phases.

96
 Apad ftom trxonomy sone work ha! be€n done on lhe bioe€oeraphy
of praying mantids of Sindh.

Of rhc rotal spcci€s recordd fio'm Sirld,.,, Enpusa, his orcto a and
Rivetina f6.iata are cncum Meditenanean g€nen. Their speci€s extend
lhrough North Afiica, South Europe dd Wesl Asia. Marr,t is the onty
global senus, which has sp€{i€s in nost conrinenrs. Iri, splendiaa, Iris
rudians, Heridula c@tata ar:d SphodronantX tanscarc4s,ba are pale3rtic
genera where as Teaodera attanwta, Tenodera a dlfotia a d{otia,
Rlepha.opsis nendica, Aethalochrca afrinis, Statitia ocettata Nd
Hutbenie a indica Ne Orientat, although the genus Hunbertie a is at|o
recorded from Afica. The q?ical eremian fons beniaphitia spe'.jies
ranges into Arabia and W€slem Aliica.

Theoponpula sindhica, Micrcthespis sindhensis, Rivetina rasheedi

And Mantis rcligiosa akbari are €ndemic sp€cies where s Aethatochroa
qfinb, Rlepharcpsd nedica, Enpusa, Ercnhphitia arubica, Hiercdxta
coartatu, Mbrothzspis dnitievi, Mantis retigiosa ard Tenodqa a dilolia
arc alrcady known for this resion.

Of the lolal mantid fauna of Sindh there arE more sp€cies rypical of
Paleirtic reeion (13.33%) rtlan of Ori€nral (2s.57y0) and A turcut (14.28%)
r€gions. Sindh has a rich fauna of endenic species, which constirde about

19.o40/".

This is $€ first tine ftat a fair nurnber of praying manrids have been
coll€cted and srudied since the research slarted on praying mantids of Sindh
sbout a hundred years aAo.

97
 Murray in 1880 recorded two sryies Tenodera a difola (Stoll) and
Mantb rcligiosa L. ftm u*noylr, localitis of Sindh. Wood-Mason in I 889
described thre€ new species nainelyr Aethalochrca afinh, Aethatochroa
spinirys nd Tdodercpsis radr fiom Kamchi and in l89t record€d
Hie.odula coaftata (Sanss.), Bkpharcpsis nandie (F.) a d Enp6a sp.

ftorn S'rklur and ,,,ed'i,pil,a a|,6tca (Sauss.) fiom nonhwest Sindh. And
Uvdov in f93t rc@tded Micrcthespb dDi./tevi wemer (1908) froin
Kdachi.

Presently I have recorded twenty-one sp€cies. Of thes€ there are three

new sp€cies, one new sub-sp€cies, nine new records and the nales of two
speci€s record€d for the first time in rhe world. Besides, the newty descnH
speci€s are well supponed by rheir copulatory apparatus. These find;n8s
show lhal the mal€ copularory appararus is a good taonomic chamct€r.
(Br€mon and Peinado(1991,193); ciplak s Demitsoy (t997) rnd
Lambardo (1997)).

The com€rcial value (economic value) of the pres€nr srudy of

ndtids of Sindh: sinc€ $e raxonomy of namids is wetl docm€nt€d, this
will certainly provide a firin balis for studies leading to a ralher more
promising field - the biological coDhol of insect pesrs (lhe insects which
f€ed on asricultural crcps). Present investisarions include widely distribut€d
md of course id€ntified species in Sindh ftat is Ma,ri rclisiosa relisiosa,
Hierodula cootata, Sphodromntis baBcau.asico $d Tehodaa afidifotia
,rtdy'olib which can be us€d as imporrant biological control agents.

Recently in China some of the mantid spedes- Mattis rctigiosa

religiosd, Tenoderu siae8is, T. dhgustipesnis, T. braicottis, Hietu.tuto
patellifera a\d Statilb n@ulata havc bd
succrssivety usd as a bie

98
oootrol ag.d for colodr crcp. (Wrng & Ji& 195. J. o'dr. Rrs. 4 : Itl gS).

l\lJni1,d9@1.Te)d.m 6'qoha $r.rsn rnd to !@6.0ddrd in hrlpr

cdtain sp.ci6. of mdids|fc b6l4 lold c@n€reirlly !s biologic.l cdiljol
ag.nt! (Vi*.ry & Kevr\ 1983),

I
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Tiblc I: Sho$/irg th. Dilaribdior of Mintidr i! Vadom Dist.icb of
Sindh,

DISTRICTS

+l- : )--
:L-_ :t-.
! t.

l-
+-l- lJ
i; r l
- )+
l
:_t- - - - :,L _

. -
Jl+i+
l_t_'_l -
-lf
_-t- t+
I : :
+
i tl+ +
i
I
rf l- . t_ L-
; fl+

l -

indicates rhc presence ofthe species_

indicates thar $e species are not rccorded.

l0l
Table Ili Showing sp€ci6, their hrbitrts xnd Zoogeographical
{Ilioities

Hrbitrt Zoog.ogrrpbic.l
Afliritie!
EREMIAPHILIDAE

Ercniaphilit otubica Grounds This genus ranges inro

Sauss. Arabia, wesrem Afiica
& weslem part ofsind

E, laeviftont Uyalov crounds Dno

Eumbedielo ildiea Ba* ofthc rees Oriental
Sa,rss.

Theoponpula slutha Bdk ofgFpes Fce

nrp.
EMPUSAIDAE

Bleph otopsb ntadica (F.) Bushes Orientd

E npas. u'ticomir (L.) Bushes Circurn Mediterranean

MANTIDAE

Aaholochtoa otinb Cr&sses Oriental

Wood-t{ason

Bushes & crops

(sauss.)

104
 H!bitat Zoogcographicrl
Alliniti€!
Bush€s Circun Medilerranean

Bush€s

Bushes Pal€artic

Mantis relbiosa a*hrri n-sp,

n.sp.
€ring fields &
fields & pastures &
cuftivated plains

M a nt is t eligio sn rcAN os a World w'de disrribution

L.

Micro.hespb dtfiitiei crass€s Afiican

Wemer
Mic t oth espis s i nd h m s i s Gmsses
n.sp.
Rivetina fssciqto (Ttlun.) Bushes Circum M€ditenanean

Nvetina nsheedi n.sp. Bushe! n.sp.

bonscoucosica (Br.w .) fie€ly 10 light.

Srttilid ocdhtt Uvanv Cm$€q bushes & Orien!al

al light.

Herbs and shrub6; Oricnlal (irs disrribulion

a ifotio (sto[)

ground & low

growinS planh

Oriental
TrtL IIL Stor'Dt b. ||d.r .d p.|,c{fig. of rrlg. r..ordd ir
Sidf || rdci.| to tlift.t a 'ooaIFpLLr r'donr

of
}.tro.
R.OoD lpeirs Prt..nt.
ncod.d i!
Sirdh

Frlc*dc 7 3333%

Ori.dl 25.57

Aiiosr 3 n.ze/r
Wodd Wid€ I 1-76Vo

Endcoic 1 t9J}!'r'o

106
 Checklist ofMatrtoder of Sindh

Frmily Erenirphilid|e

Entniaphilia lat barr. la35

E@iaphilia anbi@ Seit\jlre, 1869
Eemiaphilia laeritonsWrov, t922
Hulrbc,t Ula S.t*ncr, tt69
Hunbqtielh indica Sa]Ufisurc, tB69

Theoponpula cl$o-T(F,, r9r7

neoponpla sindica r"g{,.

Frnily Empusidre

Blcph@opsk ciglo-T.x,, t9t1

Rlepharcpsis nendi.a (F abdcitts, t7 63)
Ehp6e lllg.r, tTn
Enpusa unicornis eixill,aeus, tt'j,

Frmily Mrntidae

Act h alo c h mo W ofd-M.*n, ltn

lethal@hre afrnis Wood-Mason, 1889

' Aethalochnn rpinipe* Wood-Mason, 1889

Hi.mdu!, Burmettt r,t8t,3
Hierodala @artata (Saussure, 1869)
lni Srmrur., t869

t01
 Itu oratdia (Li]tr::.eus, |TSB)
Ins mdiad Uv'do\, t94B
Iris splendida Uvaroe, 1922
,4crr,rr Linnreus, I75E
Mantis rcligiosa aIt&i n.sp.
Mantb rcligiosa religiosa Linna.us, I 758
Microth?lfiswe ci$$
lelicrcthqpis dnit ievi Wcrn€r, l9O8
itfrcrcth*pis sindhensi, n q.
Ri€rt rd Betrntchopprrd, rq2
Ri,etina fatciata Ghunb€rg, I Sl5)
Rivelj,a rushzeti n.sp.
Sphodtorrnttds Satt, ttn
Sphodrcnantis tanscaucarica (Brunner, I 878)
SrrrTrir St lt, l8?
Statilia o@ttata tl.vatov, lg22
ftrod"r,prrir Wood-Mrsotr, 1889
* Taxodercpsis tamtt
Wood-M.$on, | 889
Tenodcro B|Ir b.itter, l8N3
Tenodqa a ifotia oidihtia (tno ,lst3)
Tenodera a$enuata (Srofi, lA17)

NOTE.
* Sp€cies not rccrrded during thc present study, but
oc.ur in Sindh.

108
 '')-!"
;;
t4i

\ u \- -,-

Pl.t l: Protr,n$ ofi a,@,V'Ia tNtu n4

b) Elttboltcua tnAica
crWrdisotl'ia

109
Plare L Erenophlia arabica SsL,ssure, male.

]l0
Plats 3t Hwbetic t indka SaussurE, f€male.

lll
Pl^re 4: Eap6a uni.onts lL innaeusr, male

ll2
PlatE 5t Rlqh@oFttk ,Endrca €abiciu5.), fqDale

ltl
Plate 6: Rhetiia ta..:.]otfhunbcrg), remat€
Plare 7 k Rive.iM rasheedi n.sp.

a) .nlarSed head and pronotum

b) €nlarged abdonen showing supra-anal plate

lt5
PInc 78: CoFddory ,Fp.r!tr! ofli'rsrrha dardl E6L bolotyp.

Lcft don l phallom.tr

b. Right do.!d phdlom
Vontnl phrtloElcr

ll5
Plare 8* fte. Mieothesp,r rudnea,r, male holorype.
^)
b) Prosremum olMalorr€vrr s,ndre,.r,

ll7
Pbtc 88: Copul.tory rppir.tu! ot Microth.sptt ti"dttttlttt n',ehol(fflE
a- Lte&i3at ph.[oo.r
b. Rigbt rbsd ph!U@.r
c. vcnral rhdlomcr

llE
Plae 9: Aetholachroa afikis Wood-Mason, female.

9
Pl8!c | 0A: tir rpretrdtlda Uvarov, male.

120
Plrtc l0B: Copi{ddy afDrtaets olrrrle bh splad;dalJ,t tov

a. Lci dodd phrllom.r

b. Righ ddr.l ph.Ilod.r
c. VcolEl ph6tlomcr

r2l
Plate I I: 1ra Uvarov, female.
'ad,iaar

t22
Pl'ne l2A lris arutoria (Linnaeus), male.

t2J
Plal€ l2B: hb orctotio (Lirf.taeus), female.

t24
Plare 13: Sphodronahtk tru6.al?r6,ica (Burnner), male.

D5
Plare I a: Tenodetu afteauata \Stoll, n le.

t26
Plarc | \: T.andet a at id ;Jal ir at idiJal ir \Stolt ). tenate.

\27
Pla,e 16. Hieroduta coartata (Saussure), male.

128
 b.

Plde l7B: CoFddcyrpFqd|r 6lbd, rdlgtoraorfuiE Lholotl,pc

r Irft do.!d pbrllood
b, Ri8ltr doG.l ph.[o|D.s
c. ]/cotsd lb.llota.r

r,ll
Plate I8A:&arilh treral4 Uvarov, male.

lll
Pl^t l7A: MMtis religioil alrai mal. holotvpc.

129
Pld. l8B: CoFddory ry(it! of or!. &drlb ocdbe t viov
L.t da!.IClllotu
Rightbdpb.[G
Vqtnl phdlo$cr

132
M.q 2t lotAilj.5 ot E&iqhitb lazvifto,.,lW ci(cb), E oabba pF
M n'eozo"wt;'
w [ffii:,:*' to,-, q;uet

ll3
l,'tp l: localitie of E qp8r. l!,tico.ld' (Wn .irc]f.) d Btqtn ogri,
ncrrdrca (op.a Frlnatc).

134
Map 4 | Iocalides ofirtenna fasciata (open circte\, R rusheedi (open
ntande), Microthespis dnbiai (open square), M ridreffiir (closed
cncb) and Aethalachorca ailJinis (closed triasle).
Map 5: lo.aliti.s of trir splerlidd (oFd circlc), lru,adn?$ (opc' tdangle)
and 1r,i ora.onb (opcn square).

B5
M4 6: localitiB of.&rad"rads r-ucaucarrra (op.o circlc) .nd
Hi.rodt Ia codata (orff.ltrl'fndtc).

137
M.p 7: loqliti€s of foo&ra eo@a(o{€r.&deratr o:6olta
afllihlia (w,xirrdle\.

l3E
MrD 8: lo.rliti.3 ofllartl, rdtgbta r.ngtota (oP.lrt dtcL\ rt M r'nglosa
' at df, (oPcn tianele)

t39
Mrp 9r lGlitic. of5&dr:hr ocdlda (opea ciftfe}

140