Ambivia Stål, 1877

Oriental genus of short-bodied, stick-mimicking mantids with a history of unstable systematic placement. Most authors assigned it to Acromantinae, in its current definition (e. g. Stål 1877, Westwood 1889, Brunner von Wattenwyl 1892, Giglio-Tos 1915a, 1919, 1927, Werner 1922a, 1927, 1933, Wang 1993, Mukherjee et al. 1995), but it was regarded as a member of Mantidae (exclusive Vatidae) by Lombardo (1995), until it found its current placement alongside Popa Stål, 1856 within Mantidae Vatinae in Ehrmann (2002) and Otte & Spearman (2005). However, the molecular phylogeny of Svenson & Whiting (2009) corroborated its original systematic position among Acromantinae . Arboricolous.

Ambivia undata (Fabricius, 1793) §

Mantis undata Fabricius, 1793

= Ambivia popa Stål, 1877

Distribution. E India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo (Werner 1922, Giglio-Tos 1927, Beier 1956, Lombardo 1993, Ehrmann 2002). Bornean records. Sarawak: Mt. Matang (Giglio-Tos 1915a); Kalimantan: Sambas (Werner 1922).