Zoolea

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: Mantidae
Subfamilia: Vatinae
Tribus: Vatini
Genus: Zoolea
Species: Z. borellii – Z. descampsi – Z. gigas – Z. guerini – Z. lobipes – Z. major – Z. minor – Z. orba
Name

Zoolea Audinet-Serville, 1839

References

Roy, R.; Ehrmann, R. 2009: Révision du genre Zoolea Audinet-Serville (Mantodea, Mantidae, Vatinae). Revue française d'entomologie (n.s.), 31(1): 1–22. [not seen]

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Zoolea[1] is a South American genus of praying mantises.[2]

Species

The Mantodea Species File[3] lists:

Zoolea descampsi Roy & Ehrmann, 2009
Zoolea lobipes Olivier, 1792 - type species
Zoolea major Giglio-Tos, 1914
Zoolea minor Giglio-Tos, 1914
Zoolea orba Burmeister, 1838

Description

A characteristic of this genus is anterior femora with superior pre-apical lobes. [4] This genus is one which contains species known as Unicorn Mantis.[5]

References

Serville (1839) Hist. Ins. Orth. 154.
[1] Ehrmann, R. 2002. Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt. Natur und Tier, Münster.
Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 18 July 2020)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2014. Earthlife List of Species
[2] List of mantises and common names