Creobroter Audinet-Serville, 1839

Harpax (Creobroter) Audinet-Serville, 1839

= Creoboter Stål, 1877

= Creobrotra Saussure, 1898

This is a taxonomically difficult genus in need of revision. Twenty-one species occur in S and SE Asia, four are currently listed for Borneo. First instar nymphs mimic reduviid bugs. Arboricolous, also on high weeds and scrubs, in forested and open habitats.

Creobroter urbanus (Fabricius, 1775)

Mantis urbana Fabricius, 1775

Distribution. India, Myanmar, N Vietnam, S China, Sumatra, N Borneo, E Java, N Philippines (Giglio-Tos 1927, Ehrmann 2002).

Bornean records. Sarawak: Kuching (SMSM), Limbang (SMSM).

Creobroter granulicollis Saussure, 1870

Distribution. NE Sumatra, W Java, Borneo (Hebard 1920, Giglio-Tos 1927, Ehrmann 2002). Bornean records. Brunei: Kuala Belalong (OK in situ); Sabah: Maliau Basin (OK in situ), Danum Valley

(Helmkampf et al. 2007; CSUB), Poring Hot Springs (Helmkampf et al. 2007).

Remarks. Lack of females leaves the identification with some uncertainty.

Creobroter episcopalis Stål, 1877

Creoboter episcopalis Stål, 1877

Distribution. Borneo (Stål, 1877, Giglio-Tos 1927).

Sarawak: Baram River (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1898); Sabah: Labuan Island (Hebard 1920). Remarks. Werner (1923) considers this species synonymous with C. granulicollis .

Creobroter labuanae Hebard, 1920

Distribution. N Borneo: Sabah: Labuan (Hebard 1920), Mt. Kinabalu (Beier 1942).