Ameles

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Ameles
Species: A. abjecta – A. aegyptiaca – A. africana – A. arabica – A. assoi – A. crassinervis – A. cypria – A. decolor – A. dumonti – A. fasciipennis – A. gracilis – A. heldreichi – A. kervillei – A. maroccana – A. massai – A. modesta – A. moralesi – A. nana – A. persa – A. picteti – A. poggii – A. soror – A. spallanzania – A. syriensis – A. taurica – A. wadisirhani
Name

Ameles Burmeister, 1838
References

Obertegger, U.; Agabiti, B. 2012: On the usefulness of ratios for the identification of some Mediterranean species of the genus Ameles Burmeister, 1838 (Insecta, Mantodea). Zootaxa, 3259: 34–50. Preview

Ameles is a wide-ranging genus of praying mantises represented in Africa, Asia, and Europe.[1]
Species

The Mantodea Species File[2] lists:

Ameles abjecta Cyrillo, 1787 - type species
Ameles aegyptiaca Werner, 1913
Ameles africana Bolivar, 1914
Ameles arabica Uvarov, 1939
Ameles assoi Bolivar, 1873
Ameles crassinervis Dirsch, 1927
Ameles decolor Charpentier, 1825
Ameles dumonti Chopard, 1943
Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963 – spined dwarf mantis
Ameles gracilis (Brulle, 1838)
Ameles heldreichi Brunner, 1882
Ameles kervillei Bolivar, 1911
Ameles maroccana Uvarov, 1931
Ameles massai Battiston & Fontana, 2005
Ameles modesta Bolivar, 1914
Ameles moralesi Bolivar, 1936
Ameles nana Charpentier, 1825
Ameles persa Bolivar, 1911
Ameles picteti Saussure, 1869
Ameles poggii Lombardo, 1986
Ameles soror Serville, 1839
Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 – European dwarf mantis
Ameles syriensis Giglio-Tos, 1915
Ameles wadisirhani Kaltenbach, 1982

References

[1] Tree of Life Web Project. 2005
Mantodea Species File: genus Ameles Burmeister, 1838 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 10 July 2020)