Pseudoharpax
Appearance
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
[edit]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
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Dead adult female P. virescens
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P. virescens nymphs threatening each other, in the older nymphal stages, probably subadult
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Mating pair of P. virescens
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Adult female P. virescens laying an ootheca
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P. virescens hatching
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First instar P. virescens nymph
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Media related to Pseudoharpax at Wikimedia Commons