Callimantis

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Callimantis antillarum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Epaphroditidae
Genus: Callimantis
Stål, 1877
Species:
C. antillarum
Binomial name
Callimantis antillarum
(Saussure, 1859)

Callimantis is a genus of mantis of the family Epaphroditidae consisting of only one species, Callimantis antillarum.[1]

Species[]

Callimantis antillarum is a praying mantis species that comes from a very ancient lineage. When Gondwanaland broke up around 107 MYA, the phylogenetic group split into three Antillean endemic groups known as Callimantis, Epaphrodita, and . These are referred to as Neotropical or Old World lineages.[2] Callimantis do not have the special traits that place them into the Stagmomantinae subfamily other than a plain green appearance. [3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Genus Callimantis Stal, 1877". Mantodea Species File. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. ^ Svenson, Gavin J.; Rodrigues, Henrique M. (2017-09-27). "A Cretaceous-aged Palaeotropical dispersal established an endemic lineage of Caribbean praying mantises". Proc. R. Soc. B. 284 (1863): 20171280. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1280. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 5627202. PMID 28954908.
  3. ^ Ehrmann R. 2002 Mantodea: gottesanbeterinnen der welt. Münster, Germany: Natur und Tier–Verlag GmbH.
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