Nemotha

Nemotha[1][2] is an Asian genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae: tribe Anaxarchini, contatining a single described species, Nemotha metallica.[3] The genus was previously placed in the Iridopterygidae,[2] and two species have been placed in the revived genus Tricondylomimus.[4]

Nemotha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Subfamily: Hymenopodinae
Tribe: Anaxarchini
Genus: Nemotha
Wood-Mason, 1884
Species:
N. metallica
Binomial name
Nemotha metallica
Westwood, 1845
Synonyms

Mantis metallica Westwood, 1845
Micromantis metallica Saussure, 1871

Species

The type species Nemotha metallica Westwood, 1845[5] (as Mantis metallica) - has reverted to a monotypic taxon.

The Catalogue of Life[2] still lists:

References

  1. Wood-Mason (1884) Annals Mag. nat. Hist. 5 13: 35.
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 8 October 2018)
  4. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 20 July 2019)
  5. Westwood (1845) Arcana Ent. 2: 51.
  • Data related to Nemotha at Wikispecies
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