Liturgusa
| Liturgusa | |
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| Liturgusa maya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Liturgusidae |
| Genus: | Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 |
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Liturgusa is the type genus of praying mantises of the family Liturgusidae.[1] The genus consists of more than twenty species with a Neotropical distribution.[2]
The behaviour of Liturgusa species is remarkable in that, in contrast to other mantises, they do not ambush their prey, but use an active hunting method at high walking speed.[3]
Species[]
The Mantodea Species File[1] lists:
- Rehn, 1951
- , 2014
- Svenson, 2014
- Svenson, 2014
- Saussure, 1869 - type species
- Giglio-Tos, 1927
- Svenson, 2014
- Rehn, 1951
- Svenson, 2014
- Svenson, 2014
- , 1939
- Svenson, 2014
- Liturgusa krattorum Svenson, 2014
- Gerstaecker, 1889
- Svenson, 2014
- Svenson, 2014
- Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Svenson, 2014
- Svenson, 2014
- Gerstaecker, 1889
- Svenson, 2014
- Svenson, 2014
- Svenson, 2014
- Svenson, 2014
- Svenson, 2014
References[]
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 04 July 2021)
- ^ Svenson, Gavin J. (2014). "Revision of the Neotropical bark mantis genus Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, Liturgusini)". ZooKeys (390): 1–214. doi:10.3897/zookeys.390.6661. PMC 3978261. PMID 24715776.
- ^ "Nineteen Speedy New Praying Mantis Species Discovered from Central and South America". Entomology Today. Entomological Society of America. 19 March 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- Mantodea genera
- Liturgusidae