Tropidomantis

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: Tropidomantinae
Genus: Tropidomantis
Species: T. gressitti – T. guttatipennis – T. iridipennis – T. tenera – T. yunnanensis
Name
Tropidomantis Stal, 1877

Tropidomantis[1][2] is a genus of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae, with species recorded from Asia and the Pacific islands.[3]
Species

Three species in the restored genus Eomantis were previously placed here[2] as a subgenus. The Mantodea Species File[3] now lists the following species:

Tropidomantis gressitti Tinkham, 1937
Tropidomantis kawaharai Brannoch, 2018
Tropidomantis tenera (Stal, 1858) - type species

References

Stal C (1877) Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 4(10): 26.
Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 23 July 2020)