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Harpagomantis

Harpagomantis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Galinthiadidae found in Africa. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Harpagomantis tricolor.

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Harpagomantis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Galinthiadidae
Genus: Harpagomantis
Kirby, 1899
Species:
H. tricolor
Binomial name
Harpagomantis tricolor
Linne, 1758
Synonyms

(Genus)

  • Australomantis Rehn, 1901
  • Harpax Serville, 1831

(Species)

  • Harpagomantis cornuta Olivier, 1792
  • Harpagomantis discolor Stal, 1877
  • Harpagomantis lobata Fabricius, 1781
  • Harpagomantis paradoxa Goeze, 1778
  • Harpagomantis quadricornis Stoll, 1813
  • Harpagomantis spinocula Serville, 1839

Harpagomantis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Galinthiadidae found in Africa.12 It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Harpagomantis tricolor.

Copy of the original description of the genus Harpagomantis, published in 1899. source ↗
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References

References

  1. Patel, S.; Singh, G.; Singh, R. (2016). "Global distribution of Empusidae, Eremiaphilidae, Galinthiadidae and Iridopterygidae (Mantodea: Dictyoptera: Insecta): A Checklist". International Journal of Zoological Investigations. 2 (2): 219–236. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. Svenson, G.J.; Hardy, N.B.; Cahill Wightman, H.M.; Wieland, F. (October 2015). "Of flowers and twigs: phylogenetic revision of the plant-mimicking praying mantises (Mantodea: Empusidae and Hymenopodidae) with a new suprageneric classification". Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 789–834. doi:10.1111/syen.12134. Retrieved 3 May 2017.