Prickly Haaniella

Appearance

As with all members of this genus are also at Haaniella echinata in both sexes many sharp spines on the head, body and legs. With this type both sets of wings are shortened, said as tegmina trained forewings to Stridulationsorganen cover converted hind wings entirely. Among the features that make this kind of distinctive, include the bright turquoise intermediate joint hides the hips ( Coxen ) and between the first Abdominalsterniten the abdomen ( abdomen ), which even at the newly hatched nymphs are found. They form a stark contrast to the often significantly red-colored just at the bottom of the nymphs Hintercoxen and rear legs ( Hinterfemuren ). These areas are at the adult only red-brown or orange animals usually. In adult males, the turquoise blue partly deviates a turquoise green.
The females reach 9 to 13,5 cm body length behind the largest Haaniella -Art, hardly Haaniella grayii , remains. The abdomen ends with the subfamily Heteropteryginae typical, spine-like ovipositor. The ventral location subgenital this ovipositor, which is also called the operculum is in Haaniella echinata females target usually a bit longer than the dorsal preferred share, which Supraanalplatte or Epiproct called. At the end of Epiprocts are four, often indistinct teeth. The operculum is keeled in the middle and rounded at the tip. The coloring of the females is usually dominated by a dark brown staining. Less common are light brown animals to find. The larger spines are greenish. Many dark brown females of the area around the transition from is pro- for mesonotum slightly lighter and also often with a green tinge. There are also females who are speckled light on the legs or the whole body.
Males remain significantly smaller than the females with 7 to just 9.5 cm in length. Most dominating dark browns even with them. Besides the already mentioned turquoise green areas the joint hides the Middle East and Central hips and larger spines are mostly dark green conspicuous. For many males there are two light brown, running parallel to the body axis regions, which can extend over the entire pronotum to the anterior mesonotum and at the junction of the two thoracic segments are brightest.
The forewings are usually characterized in both sexes by very variable, white pattern. This can heart-shaped, wide or narrow "V" -shaped, "M" -shaped or be shaped differently. With dark brown females also occur without wings Animals drawing on, can also be simply to find this drawing on the wings as in the completely speckled females as well. [1] [2]

Distribution

The distribution area of Haaniella echinata includes besides Brunei also almost the entire Malaysian part of Borneo

Habitat

rainforests in the lowlands and regions up to an altitude of 800 m

Reproduction

The 250 to 300 mg heavy eggs are laid by the ovipositor into the ground. In addition to dark brown, bristly eggs with flat lid (operculum), there are also lighter, barely hairy eggs with the center slightly tapered increasing cover. The latter is the diagonal cruciform Mikropylarplatte , in the lower angle, the micropyle is better recognize. After 6 to 12 months hatch the nymphs.