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Amelidae

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Short description: Family of praying mantises

Amelidae
Ameles sp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Amelidae
Giglio-Tos, 1919

The mantis family Amelidae[1] was previously placed in the family Mantidae. Species have been recorded from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

Genera

The Mantodea Species File[2] lists a single subfamily Amelinae, comprising two tribes:

Amelini

Litaneutriini

  • Litaneutria Saussure, 1892
  • Yersinia Saussure, 1869 - monotypic Yersinia mexicana Saussure, 1859
  • Yersiniops Hebard, 1931

Fossil species

  • Litaneutria pilosuspedes Terriquez et al. 2022[3]

References

  1. ↑ Giglio-Tos (1919) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 49: 55.
  2. ↑ Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 10 July 2020)
  3. ↑ Terríquez-Beltrán, J.; Riquelme, F.; Varela-Hernández, F. (2022-10-31). "A new species of mantis (Insecta: Mantodea: Amelidae) from the Miocene Amber-Lagerstätte in Mexico" (in en). Historical Biology: 1–8. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2134782. ISSN 0891-2963. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2022.2134782. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5672345 entry



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