Danuria
| Danuria | |
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| Male Danuria buchholzi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Deroplatyidae |
| Subfamily: | Popinae |
| Tribe: | Popini |
| Genus: | Danuria Stål, 1856[1] |
| Species | |
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14 species (see text) | |
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Danuria is a genus of African praying mantids in the family Deroplatyidae.[2][3]
Males are mesopterous and measure 50–90 mm (2.0–3.5 in) in length. Females are micropterous and measure 61–100 mm (2.4–3.9 in) in length.[4]
Species
[edit]There are 14 recognized species in two subgenera:
Subgenus Danuria (Danuria) Stål, 1856
- Danuria angusticollis Beier, 1931
- Danuria buchholzi Gerstaecker, 1883
- Danuria contorta Sjöstedt, 1912
- Danuria fusca Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Danuria gracilis Schulthess-Schindler, 1899
- Danuria impannosa Karsch, 1889
- Danuria obscuripennis Chopard, 1914
- Danuria sublineata Werner, 1929
- Danuria thunbergi Stål, 1856
Subgenus Danuria (Danuriodes) Giglio-Tos, 1907
- Danuria affinis Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Danuria barbozae Bolivar, 1889
- Danuria congica Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Danuria kilimandjarica Sjöstedt, 1909
- Danuria serratodentata Karsch, 1889
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Stål, Carolus (1856). "Orthoptera cursoria och Locustina från Cafferlandet". Öfversigt af Konglelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 13: 165–170.
- ↑ "Danuria Stål, 1856". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ↑ "genus Danuria Stal, 1856". Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0). 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ↑ Kaltenbach, Alfred P. (1998). "Unterlagen für eine Monographie der Mantodea (Insecta) des südlichen Afrika: 2. Bestimmungstabellen für die höheren Taxa, Nachträge zum Artenbestand" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B. 100: 19–59.
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