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, Japan, Korea, and Sri Lanka.Natural-Japan.net (2007)
Description Males are 40–50 mm in length as adults. Females are 45–58 mm in length as adults.
Taxonomy The species was first described from the genus Mantis by Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784, who described the mantis as being from eastern India.
Subspecies S. m. 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 "Orthopteroids of KOREA" Mantodea section: Statilia maculata S. m. continentalis India (Uttar Pradesh)Article Title: Updated checklist of Indian Mantodea (Insecta)
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
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