Leptomantella
Genus of praying mantises
| Leptomantella | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leptomantella cf. tonkinae found in Cát Tiên National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Leptomantellidae |
| Genus: | Leptomantella Burmeister, 1838 |
| Synonyms | |
| Leptomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915[1] | |
Leptomantella[2] is a genus of praying mantids and typical of the new (2019) family Leptomantellidae. Species have been recorded from Asia.[3][4]
Previously placed here as a subgenus, the genus Aetaella was erected by Hebard in 1920 and has now been restored.[5][6]
Species
The Mantodea Species File[3] lists:
- Leptomantella albella (Burmeister, 1838) - type species (as Mantis albella Burmeister)
- Leptomantella ceylonica Beier, 1956
- Leptomantella fragilis Westwood, 1889
- Leptomantella indica Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Leptomantella lactea Saussure, 1870
- Leptomantella montana Beier, 1942
- Leptomantella nigrocoxata Mukherjee, 1995
- Leptomantella parva Uvarov, 1933
- Leptomantella tonkinae Hebard, 1920
- Leptomantella xizangensis Wang, 1993
References
- ^ Burmeister (1838) Handb. Ent., Burm. 2: 533.
- ^ Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty eight new generic names in Orthoptera. Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist., (11)5: 173-176.
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 25 January 2021)
- ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ Hebard (1920) Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 72: 44.
- ^ Mantodea Species File: genus Aetaella Hebard, 1920 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 25 January 2021)
External links
- Image at Flickr: Leptomantella sp. Singapore
Data related to Caliridinae at Wikispecies
Media related to Leptomantella at Wikimedia Commons
