Chromatophotina

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: Photinainae
Tribus: Photinaini
Genus: Chromatophotina
Species: C. awajun – C. cofan

[species after Rivera (2010)]
Name

Chromatophotina Rivera, 2010
Gender

feminine
Type species

Chromatophotina awajun Rivera, 2010, by original designation

References

Rivera, J. (2010) Chromatophotina, a remarkable new genus of praying mantid from the Neotropical Region and its two new species (Mantodea: Mantidae, Photinainae). Zootaxa, 2415, 22–32.

Medellín, C. & Salazar-E, J.A. (2011) Notas sobre Mántidos Colombianos con énfasis en la subfamilia Vatinae (Insecta). Boletín Científico del Museo de Historia Natural Universidad de Caldas, 15, 134–149.

Ippolito, S & Lombardo, F. (2012) New data on the genus Chromatophotina Rivera and description of the male of C. cofan Rivera (Mantodea: Mantidae, Photinainae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomólogica Aragonesa, 50, 313–316.
cited sources

Rivera, J. 2010: Chromatophotina, a remarkable new genus of praying mantid from the Neotropical Region and its two new species (Mantodea: Mantidae, Photinainae). Zootaxa, 2415: 22–32. Preview