| Spilomantis | |
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| Spilomantis occipitalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Gonypetidae |
| Subfamily: | Iridopteryginae |
| Genus: | Spilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 |
Spilomantis is a genus of Asian praying mantids in the family Iridopterygidae. These species were long placed in the genus Hapalopeza, but after a review of type material at the Natural History Museum, London this genus name has been restored.
Species
The Mantodea Species File lists:
- Spilomantis nigripes Werner, 1926
- Spilomantis occipitalis (Westwood, 1889) – type species (as Hapalopeza occipitalis Westwood)
References
- Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 46: 44.
- ^ Mantodea Species File: genus Spilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 29 July 2020)
- Marshall J (1975) Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 31(8): 311-327
External links
Media related to Spilomantis at Wikimedia Commons
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Spilomantis | |