Vespamantoida

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Vespamantoida
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantoididae
Genus: Vespamantoida
Svenson & Rodrigues, 2019
Species

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Vespamantoida is a genus of praying mantises in the family Mantoididae.[1][2] The genus was erected in 2019 and the name was derived from the Latin word vespa which means wasp and Mantoida referring to the mantis.[1] These mantis resemble and mimic the behavior of a wasp.[1][3][4]

Species[]

There are two species of mantises in this genus:

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Svenson, Gavin J.; Rodrigues, Henrique M. (2019-10-17). "A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)". PeerJ. 7: e7886. doi:10.7717/peerj.7886. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6812689. PMID 31656699.
  2. ^ "family Mantoididae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. ^ "New species of orange-red praying mantis mimics a wasp". Mongabay Environmental News. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  4. ^ a b "Scientists discover new species of wasp-mimicking praying mantis". phys.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  5. ^ Roy, Roger (2010). "Contribution à la connaissance du genre néotropical Mantoida Newman, 1838 (Dict., Mantoididae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 115 (1): 22.
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