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Parablepharis

Parablepharis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Hymenopodidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Parablepharis kuhlii and is found in India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Borneo, Java and Yunnan, China.

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Parablepharis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Superfamily: Hymenopodoidea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Subfamily: Phyllothelyinae
Genus: Parablepharis
Saussure, 1870
Species:
P. kuhlii
Binomial name
Parablepharis kuhlii
de Hann, 1842

Parablepharis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Hymenopodidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Parablepharis kuhlii and is found in India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Borneo, Java and Yunnan, China.1

Subspecies

The Mantodea Species File2 lists:

  • P. kuhlii asiatica Roy, 2008
  • P. kuhlii kuhlii de Haan, 1842
References

References

  1. [1] Tree of Life Web Project (2005).
  2. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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