Pseudovates
| Pseudovates | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pseudovates sp., Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Subfamily: | Vatinae |
| Tribe: | Vatini |
| Genus: | Pseudovates Saussure, 1869 |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Pseudovates is a genus of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. There are more than 20 described species in the genus Pseudovates, and are found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
These 22 species belong to the genus Pseudovates:
- Pseudovates arizonae Hebard, 1935 (Arizona Unicorn Mantis)
- Pseudovates bidens Fabricius, 1775
- Pseudovates brasiliensis Toledo Piza, 1982
- Pseudovates brevicollis (Orofino, Ippolito & Lombardo, 2006)
- Pseudovates brevicornis Stal, 1877
- Pseudovates chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836 (Texas Unicorn Mantis)
- Pseudovates cingulata Drury, 1773
- Pseudovates cornuta Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Pseudovates denticulata Saussure, 1870
- Pseudovates gracilicollis (Orofino, Ippolito & Lombardo, 2006)
- Pseudovates hofmanni Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Pseudovates iheringi Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Pseudovates longicollis Stal, 1877
- Pseudovates maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Pseudovates minor Saussure, 1872
- Pseudovates paraensis Saussure, 1871
- Pseudovates parallela de Haan, 1842
- Pseudovates parvula Westwood, 1889
- Pseudovates peruviana Rehn, 1911 (Peruvian Stick Mantis)
- Pseudovates spinicollis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
- Pseudovates stolli (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
- Pseudovates tolteca Saussure, 1859
- Pseudovates townsendi Rehn, 1904
- Pseudovates tripunctata Burmeister, 1838
Taxonomy
The genus Pseudovates was formerly part of three separate genera. (Phyllovates, Pseudovates, and Hagiotata). A recent taxonomic revision synonomized them and are now classified under the genus Pseudovates.
Additional Images
The Texas Unicorn Mantis (Pseudovates chlorophaea)
Pseudovates adult male
The Arizona Unicorn Mantis (Pseudovates arizonae)
A nymph of the Texas Unicorn Mantis
Pseudovates brevicornis adult male
_(10-30-2015)_national_butterfly_center,_mission,_hidallgo_co,_tx_-05_(22724553448).jpg)
.jpg)
References
- ↑ "Pseudovates Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ↑ "Pseudovates". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ↑ "Pseudovates genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ↑ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "genus Pseudovates Saussure, 1869". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
- Agudelo Rondón, Antonio Arnovis; Lombardo, Francesco; Jantsch, Lauro José (2007). "Checklist of the neotropical mantids (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 8 (2): 105–158.
- Brannoch, S. K.; Wieland, F.; Rivera, J.; Klass, K-D; et al. (2017). "Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea)". ZooKeys (696): 1–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. PMC 5673847. PMID 29200926.
- Schwarz, Christian J.; Roy, Roger (2019). "The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 55 (2): 101–196. doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567.
.jpg){kind=small} | This Mantidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |