We present new data about the occurrence of the Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) in south-east Poland. This is also the first finding of subspecies Mantis religiosa religiosa in this region. We observe the dispersion of native populations of mantis M. religiosa polonica and spread of Mantis religiosa religiosa.
Paula micra gen. et sp. nov. have been described from Java. The new taxon has been included in the subfamily Amelinae and it bears some similarity to Haldwania liliputana Beier.
On the base of the materials collected in Mongolia by the expeditions of the Institut of Zoology PAS in Warsaw 23 species of orthopteroid insects are recorded: Mantodea - 1, Blattodea - 2 and Ensifera (Giylloptera) - 20 species, among them Gampsocleis gratiosa burakowskii ssp. n.
Dictyopteran assemblages (cockroaches, mantises and termites) from Mongolia were uniform, being composed of the same genera throughout the Early Cretaceous (more than 30 million years), corresponding to the “dry and warm Baissa type” assemblages from Siberia. The assemblage from Shin−Khuduk is exceptional, consisting of a single identifiable blattulid species, Vrtula sama gen. et sp. nov. Assemblages from Eastern Erdenyi−Ula, Khurilt, Kholbotu−Gol, and Shar−Tologoy are composed of species already known from the richest Lower Cretaceous locality Bon Tsagaan, but species representation in the various assemblages differs considerably. Nuurcala srneci sp. nov. from Khurilt Bed 210/24, with a forewing length under 12 mm, is the smallest and best−studied example of the cosmopolitan Mesozoic family Caloblattinidae. The last occurrence of the predominantly Palaeozoic family Phyloblattidae is reported from Bon Tsagaan.