Spilomantis

Spilomantis[2] is a genus of Asian praying mantids in the family Iridopterygidae and tribe Iridopterygini.[3] Species were long placed in Hapalopeza, but after a review of type material at the Natural History Museum, London[4] this genus name has been restored.

Spilomantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Gonypetidae
Subfamily: Iridopteryginae
Genus: Spilomantis
Giglio-Tos, 1915
Synonyms

originally "Iridopteriges" (group)
Hapalopeza[1]

Species

The Mantodea Species File[3] lists:

  • Spilomantis nigripes Werner, 1926
  • Spilomantis occipitalis (Westwood, 1889) – type species (as Hapalopeza occipitalis Westwood)

References
  1. Beier (1935) Genera Insect. 203: 47.
  2. Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 46: 44.
  3. Mantodea Species File: genus Spilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 29 July 2020)
  4. Marshall J (1975) Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 31(8): 311-327
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