China mantispoides
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
China is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Chorotypidae. As of 2018, it is monospecific, consisting of its sole species China mantispoides. It is found in China, Thailand, and Myanmar. Malcolm Burr first circumscribed the genus in 1899; the species C. mantispoides was described in 1870 by Francis Walker. It is a pest of hickory trees.
Although China has sometimes been described as being endemic to China, its range extends to other countries in Mainland Southeast Asia. The type locality of C. mantispoides was recorded as just "China". C. mantispoides is found in central and southern China. Its range includes the provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, and Zhejiang. It is found in Dabie Mountains, Hubei Province, at elevations of 400–850 metres (1,310–2,790 ft) in mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests. This species has also been observed in the Bamianshan Nature Reserve, Hunan; this is within the Nanling Mountains and is mostly a forest of subtropical broad-leafed evergreens. C. mantispoides has also been reported in the Sanjiang wetlands in Linhai, Zhejiang.
C. mantispoides has been reported in Thailand... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a China mantispoides sighting in Hangzhou on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 89th most-seen of the 172 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a China mantispoides in Hangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months.
Only Hangzhou, in our data
Hangzhou is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate China mantispoides sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the China mantispoides that you can see in Hangzhou (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Black-Kneed Meadow Katydid (about 10%), Japanese Pine Cricket (about 10%) and Amusurgus genji (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the China mantispoides is recorded against all the insects logged in Hangzhou (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
