Stagmomantis

Stagmomantis
Adult female Stagmomantis carolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Stagmomantinae
Genus: Stagmomantis
Saussure, 1869
Species

27, see text

Stagmomantis is a genus consisting of 27 species of mantises[1] native to the Americas.[2] There are 7 species of Stagmomantis native to the United States.

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Species

  • S. limbata
  • S. maculata
  • S. marginata
  • S. maya
  • S. montana
  • S. nahua
  • S. pagana
  • S. paraensis
  • S. parvidentata
  • S. theophila
  • S. tolteca
  • S. venusta
  • S. vicina

See also

Media related to Stagmomantis at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ITIS Catalogue of Life
  2. Dichotomous Key to Species of Mantids that may occur in Florida
  3. Tree of Life Web Project. Stagmomantis. Version 22 November 2005


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