Cilnia humeralis

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Cilnia humeralis
Cilnia humeralis.jpg
Adult female Cilnia humeralis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Cilnia
Species:
C. humeralis
Binomial name
Cilnia humeralis
Saussure, 1871
Subspecies
  • (Werner, 1906)
  • (Saussure, 1871)

Cilnia humeralis, common name wide-armed mantis, is an aggressive and very cannibalistic species of praying mantis from Africa.[1][2]

A breeder in Great Britain describes C. humeralis as "a very stockily built species with huge forelegs; possibly the most powerful and aggressive species I have kept."[3][4]

Subspecies[]

This species of mantis contains two subspecies.

Cilnia humeralis femoralis (Werner, 1906)[]

This subspecies of mantis is found in Tanzania.[5]

Cilnia humeralis humeralis (Saussure, 1871)[]

This subspecies of mantis is found in Ethiopia,[6] Mozambique,[7] South Africa,[8] Namibia.[9]

Synonyms of this subspecies include:

  • Cilnia humeralis brevipennis (Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899)
  • Cilnia humeralis ignota (Rehn, 1904)
  • Cilnia humeralis latipes (Stal, 1876)

[10]

References[]

  1. ^ [1] Cilnia Humeralis (Wide armed mantis)
  2. ^ [2] Cilnia humeralis
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2008-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) MantidForum.net
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2012-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) MantisPets.com [pics]
  5. ^ "Data for specimen record".
  6. ^ "Data for specimen record".
  7. ^ "Data for specimen record".
  8. ^ "Data for specimen record".
  9. ^ "Subspecies Cilnia humeralis humeralis Saussure, 1871: Mantodea Species File".
  10. ^ "Species Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871: Mantodea Species File".


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