Amantis is a genus of praying mantids native to Asia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean[2] and now belongs to the monotypic tribe Amantini of the subfamily Iridopteryginae.
| Amantis | |
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| Amantis reticulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Gonypetidae |
| Subfamily: | Iridopteryginae |
| Genus: | Amantis Giglio-Tos, 1915[1] |
| Type species | |
| Mantis reticulata Haan, 1842
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Species
editThe following species are recognised in the genus Amantis:[3]
- Amantis aeta Hebard, 1920
- Amantis aliena Beier, 1930
- Amantis basilana Hebard, 1920
- Amantis biroi Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Amantis bolivari Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Amantis fuliginosa Werner, 1931
- Amantis fumosana Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Amantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Amantis hainanensis Tinkham, 1937
- Amantis indica Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Amantis irina Saussure, 1870
- Amantis lofaoshanensis Tinkham, 1937
- Amantis longipennis Beier, 1930
- Amantis malayana Westwood, 1889
- Amantis nawai Shiraki, 1908
- Amantis philippina Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Amantis reticulata Haan, 1842 type species (Malesia)
- Amantis saussurei Bolivar, 1897
- Amantis subirina Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Amantis testacea Werner, 1931
- Amantis tristis Werner, 1933
- Amantis vitalisi Werner, 1927
References
edit- ^ Giglio-Tos, Ermanno (1914) [Published 1915]. "Mantidi Esotici: Generi e specie nuove". Bullettino della Società entomologica italiana. 46: 151–154.
- ^ [1] Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "genus Amantis Giglio-Tos, 1915". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 20 July 2020.