Tropidomantis kawaharai

Tropidomantis kawaharai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Nanomantidae
Genus:	Tropidomantis
Species:	T. kawaharai
Binomial name
	Tropidomantis kawaharai; , 2018

Tropidomantis kawaharai is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae. It is endemic to the remote Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It was described from two specimens collected from the island of Hiva Oa. It is notable for being the first praying mantis species known from the archipelago.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Brannoch, Sydney K; Svenson, Gavin J (2018-10-29). "First record of a praying mantis, Tropidomantis kawaharai Brannoch sp. nov. (Mantodea: Iridopterygidae), in the mid-Pacific Marquesas Archipelago". Austral Entomology. doi:10.1111/aen.12373. ISSN 2052-174X.
^ "species Tropidomantis (Tropidomantis) kawaharai Brannoch, 2018: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2018-12-21.

[1] Brannoch, Sydney K; Svenson, Gavin J (2018-10-29). "First record of a praying mantis, Tropidomantis kawaharai Brannoch sp. nov. (Mantodea: Iridopterygidae), in the mid-Pacific Marquesas Archipelago". Austral Entomology. doi:10.1111/aen.12373. ISSN 2052-174X.

[2] "species Tropidomantis (Tropidomantis) kawaharai Brannoch, 2018: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2018-12-21.

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