Vespamantoida

Vespamantoida
Vespamantoida toulgoeti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantoididae
Genus: Vespamantoida
Svenson & Rodrigues, 2019
Species

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Vespamantoida is a genus of praying mantises in the family Mantoididae. The genus was erected in 2019 and the name was derived from the Latin word vespa which means wasp and Mantoida referring to the mantis. These mantis resemble and mimic the behavior of a wasp.

The genus is found in the Amazon region.

Species

There are two species of mantises in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Svenson, Gavin J.; Rodrigues, Henrique M. (2019-10-17). "A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)". PeerJ. 7 e7886. doi:10.7717/peerj.7886. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6812689. PMID 31656699.
  2. ↑ "family Mantoididae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. ↑ "New species of orange-red praying mantis mimics a wasp". Mongabay Environmental News. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  4. 1 2 "Scientists discover new species of wasp-mimicking praying mantis". phys.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  5. ↑ Cocchi, Elendil (2022-02-09). "Vespamantoida toulgoeti". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-04-05.
  6. ↑ Roy, Roger (2010). "Contribution à la connaissance du genre néotropical Mantoida Newman, 1838 (Dict., Mantoididae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 115 (1): 22. Bibcode:2010AnSEF.115...22R. doi:10.3406/bsef.2010.2822. S2CID 131926991.