Amantis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Mantodea

Familia: Mantidae
Subfamilia: Amelinae
Genus: Amantis
Species: A. aeta – A. aliena – A. basilana – A. biroi – A. bolivari – A. fuliginosa – A. fumosana – A. gestri – A. hainanensis – A. indica – A. irina – A. lofaoshanensis – A. longipennis – A. malayana – A. nawai – A. philippina – A. reticulata – A. saussurei – A. subirina – A. testacea – A. tristis – A. vitalisi
Name
Amantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

Amantis is a genus of praying mantids native to Asia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean[2] and now belongs to the monotypic tribe Amantini of the subfamily Iridopteryginae.
Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Amantis:[3]

Amantis aeta Hebard, 1920
Amantis aliena Beier, 1930
Amantis basilana Hebard, 1920
Amantis biroi Giglio-Tos, 1915
Amantis bolivari Giglio-Tos, 1915
Amantis fuliginosa Werner, 1931
Amantis fumosana Giglio-Tos, 1915
Amantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915
Amantis hainanensis Tinkham, 1937
Amantis indica Giglio-Tos, 1915
Amantis irina Saussure, 1870
Amantis lofaoshanensis Tinkham, 1937
Amantis longipennis Beier, 1930
Amantis malayana Westwood, 1889
Amantis nawai Shiraki, 1908
Amantis philippina Giglio-Tos, 1915
Amantis reticulata Haan, 1842 type species (Malesia)
Amantis saussurei Bolivar, 1897
Amantis subirina Giglio-Tos, 1915
Amantis testacea Werner, 1931
Amantis tristis Werner, 1933
Amantis vitalisi Werner, 1927

References

Giglio-Tos, Ermanno (1914) [Published 1915]. "Mantidi Esotici: Generi e specie nuove". Bullettino della Società entomologica italiana. 46: 151–154.
[1] Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster.
Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "genus Amantis Giglio-Tos, 1915". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 20 July 2020.