Phthersigena
Genus of praying mantises
| Phthersigena | |
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| Phthersigena conspersa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Nanomantidae |
| Subfamily: | Fulciniinae |
| Genus: | Phthersigena Stal, 1871 |
Phthersigena[1] is an Australasian genus of praying mantids: in the subfamily Fulciniinae and tribe Paraoxypilini. It is one of several genera containing certain species called "unicorn mantids", due to a process on their heads.
Species
The Mantodea Species File[2] lists:
- subgenus Glabromantis Sjostedt, 1918
- Phthersigena minor Sjostedt, 1918
- Phthersigena nebulosa Sjostedt, 1918
- subgenus Phthersigena Stal, 1871
- Phthersigena centralis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Phthersigena conspersa Stal, 1871 - type species
- Phthersigena insularis Beier, 1965
- Phthersigena melania Tindale, 1923
- Phthersigena pallidifemur Tindale, 1923
- Phthersigena timorensis Beier, 1952
- Phthersigena unicornis Tindale, 1923
References
External links
Data related to Paraoxypilinae at Wikispecies
