Statilia maculata

Statilia maculata, common name Asian jumping mantis or "小蟷螂", ko-kamakiri (Japanese meaning "small mantis") or "좀사마귀", jom-sa-ma-gui (Korean meaning "small mantis"), is a species of mantis native to Asia that can be found in Russia, China and Japan and Korea, and Sri Lanka.

Description

Males: 40–50 mm in length as adult. Females: 45–58 mm in length as adult.

Taxonomy

First described from the genus Mantis by the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. Thunberg described the mantis as being from eastern India.

Subspecies

• Statilia maculata maculata China, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Taiwan, India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Java, Borneo, Nepal, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Korea
• Statilia maculata continentalis India (Uttar Pradesh)

As a food

The species is eaten in Japan's Nagano prefecture, where the wings, limbs, and guts are removed prior to being cooked with sweetened soy sauce. The mantises' egg cases are also used medicinally in Japan and China.

Genetics

Statilia maculata has a C-value of 3.05.

Gallery

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

References