Little mantis, please confirm ID.

Timmy · 10/26/2010, 03:09 PM

Hello,

i found a little mantis today in the LS for Bali. He is 25 mm big and i think it is a Chorisquilla tweediei. Roy can you confirm my ID?
Here are some pics.

Telson

Thx

DanInSD · 10/26/2010, 03:26 PM

Cool...

Dan

ritter6788 · 10/26/2010, 03:28 PM

Very nice mantis! I've never seen one like it.

FLMantis · 10/26/2010, 03:31 PM

If you mail him to me... I can possibly ID him for you... I need a closer inspection... J/K LOL...

Very nice colors and unique combo...

MrMorton · 10/26/2010, 05:14 PM

Chorisquilla hystrix...based on the telson and the transparent coloring...OMG I WANT THAT MANTIS...

Gonodactylus · 10/27/2010, 09:24 AM

Timmy,

It is a Chorisquilla, but definitely not C. tweediei, C. hystrix. or any other species that I know. There are 13 described species of Chorisquilla and I can't match this one with any of them. At first I thought it might be C. mehtae, but the color and size is wrong.

Mark Erdmann knows the Indonesian Chorisquillas. I'll send the photos to him and see if he knows it.

Roy

Timmy · 10/27/2010, 09:37 AM

Thank you Roy

lionbacker54 · 10/27/2010, 03:17 PM

cool mantis! i hope you pick it up

xboxdisc · 10/28/2010, 12:16 AM

That is one amazing looking mantis. You're extremely lucky.

DanInSD · 10/28/2010, 11:47 AM

I just noticed his little "unicorn horn". Pretty awesome.

sjmantis · 10/28/2010, 01:57 PM

Wow

Moort82 · 10/28/2010, 02:15 PM

Now that is cool.

Timmy · 11/10/2010, 12:13 PM

It is a Chorisquilla ahyongi. Very nice find.

Thank you Roy and Mark Erdmann.

10/26/2010, 03:09 PM	#1
Timmy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 238	Little mantis, please confirm ID. Hello, i found a little mantis today in the LS for Bali. He is 25 mm big and i think it is a Chorisquilla tweediei. Roy can you confirm my ID? Here are some pics. Telson Thx __________________ current animals: L. maculata, 2 O. scyllarus, 6 G.viridis, 3 G. falcatus, 2 G. smithii, 2 G. affinis, 2 G. ternatensis, G. glabrous, P. ciliata, H. glyptocerus, N. oerstedii Current Tank Info: sixteen 2 liter, eighteen 15 liter, four 54 liter, one 160 liter tank

10/26/2010, 03:28 PM	#3
ritter6788 Say no to clove polyps Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Marshall, TX Posts: 1,374	Very nice mantis! I've never seen one like it. __________________ Gabriel Current Tank Info: 75 gallon mixed reef///40 breeder prop tank

10/26/2010, 05:14 PM	#5
MrMorton Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 51	Chorisquilla hystrix...based on the telson and the transparent coloring...OMG I WANT THAT MANTIS... __________________ The mission of mantis shrimp Stage 1: claim a tank in the name of The Republic of Stomatopodia. Stage 2: eliminate all lifeforms present. stage 3: escape into the adjacent tank, rinse, and repeat.

10/27/2010, 09:37 AM	#7
Timmy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 238	Thank you Roy __________________ current animals: L. maculata, 2 O. scyllarus, 6 G.viridis, 3 G. falcatus, 2 G. smithii, 2 G. affinis, 2 G. ternatensis, G. glabrous, P. ciliata, H. glyptocerus, N. oerstedii Current Tank Info: sixteen 2 liter, eighteen 15 liter, four 54 liter, one 160 liter tank

11/10/2010, 12:13 PM	#13
Timmy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 238	It is a Chorisquilla ahyongi. Very nice find. Thank you Roy and Mark Erdmann. __________________ current animals: L. maculata, 2 O. scyllarus, 6 G.viridis, 3 G. falcatus, 2 G. smithii, 2 G. affinis, 2 G. ternatensis, G. glabrous, P. ciliata, H. glyptocerus, N. oerstedii Current Tank Info: sixteen 2 liter, eighteen 15 liter, four 54 liter, one 160 liter tank

10/26/2010, 03:26 PM	#2
DanInSD Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,255	Cool... Dan

10/26/2010, 03:31 PM	#4
FLMantis Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 361	If you mail him to me... I can possibly ID him for you... I need a closer inspection... J/K LOL... Very nice colors and unique combo...

10/27/2010, 09:24 AM	#6
Gonodactylus Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Berkeley, CA, USA Posts: 5,024	Timmy, It is a Chorisquilla, but definitely not C. tweediei, C. hystrix. or any other species that I know. There are 13 described species of Chorisquilla and I can't match this one with any of them. At first I thought it might be C. mehtae, but the color and size is wrong. Mark Erdmann knows the Indonesian Chorisquillas. I'll send the photos to him and see if he knows it. Roy

10/27/2010, 03:17 PM	#8
lionbacker54 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: toledo, OH Posts: 849	cool mantis! i hope you pick it up

10/28/2010, 12:16 AM	#9
xboxdisc Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 81	That is one amazing looking mantis. You're extremely lucky.

10/28/2010, 11:47 AM	#10
DanInSD Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,255	I just noticed his little "unicorn horn". Pretty awesome.

10/28/2010, 01:57 PM	#11
sjmantis On the cliff by the sea.. Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 561	Wow

10/28/2010, 02:15 PM	#12
Moort82 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Norfolk, England Posts: 1,576	Now that is cool.

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