Pseudoharpax
Genus of praying mantises
| Pseudoharpax | |
|---|---|
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| Pseudoharpax virescens (adult female) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Galinthiadidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoharpax Saussure, 1870 |
| Synonyms | |
| Harpagites | |
Pseudoharpax[1] is a genus of African praying mantids in the family Galinthiadidae.[2]
Species
The Mantodea Species File lists:[2]
- Pseudoharpax abyssinicus Beier, 1930
- Pseudoharpax beieri La Greca, 1950
- Pseudoharpax crenaticollis La Greca, 1954
- Pseudoharpax dubius La Greca, 1954
- Pseudoharpax erythraeus Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Pseudoharpax francoisi Bolivar, 1908
- Pseudoharpax nigericus Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Pseudoharpax parallelus La Greca, 1954
- Pseudoharpax ugandanus Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Pseudoharpax virescens Serville, 1839 - type species (P. virescens virescens)
Gallery
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Dead adult female Pseudoharpax virescens -
Dead adult female P. virescens -
P. virescens nymph, probably in the second-instar stage -
P. virescens nymphs threatening each other, in the older nymphal stages, probably subadult -
Mating pair of P. virescens -
Adult female P. virescens laying an ootheca -
P. virescens hatching -
First instar P. virescens nymph
References
- ^ Saussure, Henri de (1870). "Additions au Système des Mantides". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 3 (5): 241.
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 5 August 2021)
External links
Media related to Pseudoharpax at Wikimedia Commons
