Spined dwarf mantis
Spined dwarf mantis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Amelidae |
Genus: | Ameles |
Species: | †A. fasciipennis
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Binomial name | |
†Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963
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The spined dwarf mantis (Ameles fasciipennis) is an extinct species of praying mantis that was endemic to Italy.[2]
It has only been collected once, probably in 1871 in the Tolentino area, and has not been seen since, despite extensive entomological surveys of the region.[3]
Conservation[]
The IUCN Red List has declared this species extinct.
References[]
Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Ameles
- Endemic fauna of Italy
- Mantodea of Europe
- Insects described in 1963
- Species known from a single specimen
- Mantidae stubs