Cilnia humeralis

Cilnia humeralis
Adult female Cilnia humeralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Miomantinae
Tribe: Miomantini
Genus: Cilnia
Species: Cilnia humeralis
Saussure, 1871
Binomial name
Cilnia humeralis
Saussure, 1871
Subspecies
  • Cilnia humeralis femoralis (Werner, 1906)
  • Cilnia humeralis humeralis (Saussure, 1871)

Cilnia humeralis, common name wide-armed mantis, is an aggressive and very cannibalistic species of praying mantis from Africa.[1][2]

A breeder in the United Kingdom describes C. humeralis as "a very stockily built species with huge forelegs; possibly the most powerful and aggressive species I have kept." [3][4]

Subspecies

This species of mantis contains two subspecies.

Cilnia humeralis femoralis (Werner, 1906)

This subspecies of mantis is found in Tanzania.[5]

Cilnia humeralis humeralis (Saussure, 1871)

This subspecies of mantis is found in Ethiopia,[6] Mozambique,[7] South Africa,[8] Namibia.[9]

Synonyms of this subspecies include:

[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cilnia Humeralis (Wide armed mantis)
  2. ↑ Cilnia humeralis
  3. ↑ MantidForum.net
  4. ↑ MantisPets.com [pics]
  5. ↑ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/specimen/ShowSpecimen.aspx?Router=NewPage
  6. ↑ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/specimen/ShowSpecimen.aspx?Router=NewPage
  7. ↑ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/specimen/ShowSpecimen.aspx?Router=NewPage
  8. ↑ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/specimen/ShowSpecimen.aspx?Router=NewPage
  9. ↑ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1826
  10. ↑ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1827
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