Decimiana elliptica

Decimiana elliptica is a species of praying mantis in the genus Decimiana in the order Mantodea.[1][2] The type specimens were collected from the Chapanda Diamantina Mountain Range in Bahia, northeastern Brazil, near a mountain known as Morro do Pai Inácio.[1]

Decimiana elliptica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Acanthopidae
Genus: Decimiana
Species:
D. elliptica
Binomial name
Decimiana elliptica
Menezes & Bravo, 2012

References

  1. Menezes, Eliomar; Bravo, Freddy (2 November 2012). "A new species of Decimiana Uvarov (Insecta, Mantodea, Acanthopidae) from Brazil, with remarks on the distribution of Decimiana bolivari (Chopard)". ZooKeys. 236: 55–64. doi:10.3897/zookeys.236.3477. ISSN 1313-2970.
  2. "Decimiana elliptica Menezes & Bravo, 2012". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Mantodea Species File. Retrieved 2018-11-21.


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