Harpagomantis

Harpagomantis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Galinthiadidae found in Africa.[1][2] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Harpagomantis tricolor.

Copy of the original description of the genus Harpagomantis, published in 1899.

Harpagomantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Galinthiadidae
Genus:	Harpagomantis Kirby, 1899
Species:	H. tricolor
Binomial name
Harpagomantis tricolor Linne, 1758
Synonyms
(Genus) Australomantis Rehn, 1901 Harpax Serville, 1831 (Species) Harpagomantis cornuta Olivier, 1792 Harpagomantis discolor Stal, 1877 Harpagomantis lobata Fabricius, 1781 Harpagomantis paradoxa Goeze, 1778 Harpagomantis quadricornis Stoll, 1813 Harpagomantis spinocula Serville, 1839

See also

• List of mantis genera and species
• Flower mantis

References

1. Patel, S.; Singh, G.; Singh, R. (2016). "Global distribution of Empusidae, Eremiaphilidae, Galinthiadidae and Iridopterygidae (Mantodea: Dictyoptera: Insecta): A Checklist". International Journal of Zoological Investigations. 2 (2): 219–236. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
2. Svenson, G.J.; Hardy, N.B.; Cahill Wightman, H.M.; Wieland, F. (October 2015). "Of flowers and twigs: phylogenetic revision of the plant-mimicking praying mantises (Mantodea: Empusidae and Hymenopodidae) with a new suprageneric classification". Systematic Entomology. 40 (4): 789–834. doi:10.1111/syen.12134. Retrieved 3 May 2017.