Spilomantis

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Spilomantis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Gonypetidae
Subfamily: Iridopteryginae
Genus: Spilomantis
Giglio-Tos, 1915

Spilomantis[1] is a genus of Asian praying mantids in the family Iridopterygidae.[2] These species were long placed in the genus Hapalopeza, but after a review of type material at the Natural History Museum, London[3] this genus name has been restored.

Species[]

The Mantodea Species File[2] lists:

  • Werner, 1926
  • (Westwood, 1889) – type species (as Hapalopeza occipitalis Westwood)

References[]

  1. ^ Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 46: 44.
  2. ^ a b Mantodea Species File: genus Spilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 29 July 2020)
  3. ^ Marshall J (1975) Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 31(8): 311-327

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