Skip to main content

Table 2 Copulation times for several Mantophasmatodea species in the laboratory

From: Biodiversity, ecology, and behavior of the recently discovered insect order Mantophasmatodea

Species

Observed copulation times in hours

Number of observed copulations

Karoophasma botterkloofense (S16)

> 29

1

Karoophasma botterkloofense*

68.5 (S.E. ±4.56)

7

Austrophasmatidae sp. n. (S18)

7.5-31.5

17

Hemilobophasma montaguense (S26)

20-54

4

Austrophasma gansbaaiense (S32)

24 R, 24 R, 64

3

Mantophasma spec. (N21)

18-28

6

Mantophasma kudubergense**

12-72

12

Hemilobophasma sp.n.1 x H. cf. montaguense2

< 24

1

Mantophasmatodea in general***

Up to 96

-

  1. *Data from [19].
  2. **Data from [5], species assignment according to [46].
  3. ***Data from [36].
  4. RData from a remating pair of A. gansbaaiense (S32, Gansbaai).
  5. 1Hemilobophasma sp. n. - male (S31, De Rust).
  6. 2Hemilobophasma cf. montaguense - female (S29, Calitzdorp).