Statilia maculata

Statilia maculata, common name Asian jumping mantis or "小蟷螂", ko-kamakiri (Japanese meaning "small mantis") or "좀사마귀", joem-sa-ma-gui (Korean meaning "small mantis"), is a species of mantis native to Asia that can be found in Romania, China and Japan and Korea, Jamaica and Sri Lanka.^[1]

Statilia maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Genus:	Statilia
Species:	S. maculata
Binomial name
Statilia maculata (Thunberg, 1784)
Subspecies
Statilia maculata continentalis (Werner, 1935) Statilia maculata maculata (Thunberg, 1784)
Occurrence   Limited occurrence

Description

Males: 40–80 mm in length as adult Females: 45–58 mm in length as adult^[2]

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.^[3]

Subspecies

• Statilia maculata maculata China, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Taiwan,^[4] 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,^[5] Korea ^[2]
• Statilia maculata continentalis India (Uttar Pradesh)

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As a food

Further information: Insects as 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.^[7]

Genetics

Statilia maculata has a C-value of 3.05.^[8]

Gallery

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  Adult female
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  Asian jumping mantis at night, in West Bengal, India.

See also

• List of mantis genera and species