Callimantis

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: Stagmomantinae
Genus: Callimantis
Species: Callimantis antillarum
Name
Callimantis Stal, 1877

Callimantis is a genus of mantis of the family Epaphroditidae consisting of only one species, Callimantis antillarum.[1]
Species

Callimantis antillarum is a praying mantis species that comes from a very ancient lineage. When Gondwanaland broke up around 107 MYA, the phylogenetic group split into three Antillean endemic groups known as Callimantis, Epaphrodita, and Gonatistacame. These are referred to as Neotropical or Old World lineages.[2] Callimantis do not have the special traits that place them into the Stagmomantinae subfamily other than a plain green appearance. [3]
References

"Genus Callimantis Stal, 1877". Mantodea Species File. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
Svenson, Gavin J.; Rodrigues, Henrique M. (2017-09-27). "A Cretaceous-aged Palaeotropical dispersal established an endemic lineage of Caribbean praying mantises". Proc. R. Soc. B. 284 (1863): 20171280. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1280. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 5627202. PMID 28954908.
Ehrmann R. 2002 Mantodea: gottesanbeterinnen der welt. Münster, Germany: Natur und Tier–Verlag GmbH.