Fulcinia

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: Iridopterygidae
Subfamilia: Nanomantinae
Tribus:: Fulcinini
Genus: Fulcinia
Species: F. alaris – F. exilis – F. lobata – F. punctipes – F. uxor – F. variipennis
Name

Fulcinia Stal, 1877
Synonymy

Fulcinea Kirby, 1904
Oxyfulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915
Papupopa Werner, 1928

Fulcinia[1] is a genus of praying mantises found in Australia. It is the type genus of the subfamily Fulciniinae and tribe Fulciniini.
Species

The Mantodea Species File[2] lists the following species:

Fulcinia alaris Saussure, 1871 - type species
Fulcinia exilis Giglio-Tos, 1915
Fulcinia lobata Werner, 1928
Fulcinia punctipes Werner, 1928
Fulcinia uxor Werner, 1928
Fulcinia variipennis Westwood, 1889

References

Stal C (1877) Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 4(10): 27.
Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 17 July 2020)