Statilia maculata
{{Short description|Species of praying mantis}}
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| image = Asian Jumping Mantis, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India imported from iNaturalist photo 49671390.jpg
| genus = Statilia
| species = maculata
| authority = (Thunberg, 1784)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = * Statilia maculata continentalis (Werner, 1935)
- Statilia maculata maculata (Thunberg, 1784)
| range_map = Statilia maculata range.svg
| range_map_caption = {{Legend|#ffcc00ff|Occurrence}}
{{Legend|#ffeeaaff|Limited occurrence}}
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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.[http://natural-japan.net/?cat=18 Natural-Japan.net] (2007)
Description
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.{{Cite book |last=Thunberg |first=Carl Peter |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45279#page/12/mode/1up |title=Dissertatio entomologica novas insectorum species, sistens : cuius partem primam [-sextam] : Cons. Exper. Facult. Med. Upsal., publice ventilandam exhibent |date=1784 |publisher=Apud Joh. Edman |volume=pars 3 (1784) |location=Upsaliae}}
Subspecies
- Statilia maculata maculata China, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Taiwan,{{Cite web|url=http://www.insects.jp/kon-kamako.htm|title=コカマキリ}} 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 [http://www.jasa.pe.kr/pulmuchi/sciname.htm "Orthopteroids of KOREA" Mantodea section: Statilia maculata]
- Statilia maculata continentalis India (Uttar Pradesh)
Article Title: Updated checklist of Indian Mantodea (Insecta){{cite web |url=http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/mantodea.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-02-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917023027/http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/mantodea.pdf |archive-date=2013-09-17 }}
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.{{Cite book |last=Mitsuhashi |first=Jun |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Edible_Insects_of_the_World/T5W_DQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Statilia+maculata%22&pg=PA2006&printsec=frontcover |title=Edible Insects of the World |date=2016-12-19 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-315-35088-2 |language=en}}
Genetics
Statilia maculata has a C-value of 3.05.{{Cite book |last=Bignell |first=David Edward |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Biology_of_Termites_a_Modern_Synthesis/8yvE5lg8reoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Statilia+maculata%22&pg=PA242&printsec=frontcover |title=Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis |last2=Roisin |first2=Yves |last3=Lo |first3=Nathan |date=2010-10-20 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-90-481-3977-4 |language=en}}
Gallery
File:Praying-Mantis.jpg|Adult female
File:Asian jumping mantis (Statilia maculata) in West Bengal 2.jpg|Asian jumping mantis at night, in West Bengal, India.