Unknow mantis Dr.Roy please help me with ID!
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Timmy
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Hmm, the 2 cm mantis was in life rock in my nano tank a long time.
I feed him every day and i thought it is a Gonodactylellus affinis, because i saw only the head watching out of the burrow.
Yesterday i get him and make some pics, and now i don't think it's a G. affinis.
Can it be a Gonodactylellus caldwelli?
I feed him every day and i thought it is a Gonodactylellus affinis, because i saw only the head watching out of the burrow.
Yesterday i get him and make some pics, and now i don't think it's a G. affinis.
Can it be a Gonodactylellus caldwelli?
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at first look i was going to say G.affinis. But i think your right on the money about G. caldwelli.
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Gonodactylus
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Timmy,
I don't think I have ever seen this animal. While it is definitely Gonodactylellus, I doubt that it is G. caldwelli. G. caldwelli has blue lines on the carapace, not spots, and it is the only species with a posterior lateral spine on AS5. The closest thing I could find in my keys is G. molyneux which has the correct telson shape and there is mention blue dots. That species has only been recorded from northeast Queensland. Any idea where this animal is from?
I would suggest that when you are finished with it, it probably should go into 95% ETOH and be deposited in a museum. It easily could be a new species. I just can see enough of the characters to key it out.
Roy
I don't think I have ever seen this animal. While it is definitely Gonodactylellus, I doubt that it is G. caldwelli. G. caldwelli has blue lines on the carapace, not spots, and it is the only species with a posterior lateral spine on AS5. The closest thing I could find in my keys is G. molyneux which has the correct telson shape and there is mention blue dots. That species has only been recorded from northeast Queensland. Any idea where this animal is from?
I would suggest that when you are finished with it, it probably should go into 95% ETOH and be deposited in a museum. It easily could be a new species. I just can see enough of the characters to key it out.
Roy
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Timmy,
I wrote a long response this morning identifying this animal, but I don't know what happened to it. Anyway, the short answer is that the animal is almost certainly Gonodactylellus snidsvongi. Erdmann described it from Indonesia as G. hendersoni including s detailed description of the blue dot pattern. In 2000, Ahyong did away with G. hendersoni and split it into three species, G. demanii, G. molyneux and G. snidsvongi (originally described by Naiyanetr in 1987). The key to the id is the shape of the uropod endopod and the fact that it has no setae on the inner surface. This is a tiny species. The largest known individual is from Okinawa and is 17 mm.
Roy
I wrote a long response this morning identifying this animal, but I don't know what happened to it. Anyway, the short answer is that the animal is almost certainly Gonodactylellus snidsvongi. Erdmann described it from Indonesia as G. hendersoni including s detailed description of the blue dot pattern. In 2000, Ahyong did away with G. hendersoni and split it into three species, G. demanii, G. molyneux and G. snidsvongi (originally described by Naiyanetr in 1987). The key to the id is the shape of the uropod endopod and the fact that it has no setae on the inner surface. This is a tiny species. The largest known individual is from Okinawa and is 17 mm.
Roy
