Epaphrodita
| Epaphrodita | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Epaphroditidae |
| Subfamily: | Epaphroditinae |
| Genus: | Epaphrodita Serville, 1831 |
Epaphrodita is a genus of praying mantids in the family Epaphroditidae. It is the type genus of its family. It is distributed in Hispaniola and Saint Lucia.
Species
There are two or three recognized species:
- Epaphrodita lobivertex Lombardo & Perez-Gelabert, 2004
- Epaphrodita musarum Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 (=Epaphrodita dentifrons Saussure, 1872)
- Epaphrodita undulata Saussure, 1870
Moulin and colleagues consider Epaphrodita undulata a synonym of Epaphrodita musarum.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Epaphrodita Serville, 1831". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Epaphrodita Serville, 1831". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ Rodrigues, H M; Svenson, G J (2018). "Epaphroditidae sensu novo, an endemic Caribbean family of morphologically divergent praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)". Neotropical Entomology. 47 (4): 502–507. doi:10.1007/s13744-017-0570-7.
- 1 2 3 Moulin, Nicolas; Meurgey, François; Hugel, Sylvain (2021). "Mantodea from Eastern Caribbean Islands". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. New Series. 57 (3): 235–257. doi:10.1080/00379271.2021.1932590.
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