Vespamantoida
| Vespamantoida | |
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| Vespamantoida toulgoeti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantoididae |
| Genus: | Vespamantoida Svenson & Rodrigues, 2019 |
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Vespamantoida is a genus of praying mantises in the family Mantoididae.[1][2] The genus was erected in 2019 and the name was derived from the Latin word vespa which means wasp and Mantoida referring to the mantis.[1] These mantis resemble and mimic the behavior of a wasp.[1][3][4]
The genus is found in the Amazon region.[5]
Species
[edit]There are two species of mantises in this genus:
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Svenson, Gavin J.; Rodrigues, Henrique M. (2019-10-17). "A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)". PeerJ. 7 e7886. doi:10.7717/peerj.7886. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6812689. PMID 31656699.
- ↑ "family Mantoididae: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ↑ "New species of orange-red praying mantis mimics a wasp". Mongabay Environmental News. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- 1 2 "Scientists discover new species of wasp-mimicking praying mantis". phys.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ↑ Cocchi, Elendil (2022-02-09). "Vespamantoida toulgoeti". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-04-05.
- ↑ Roy, Roger (2010). "Contribution à la connaissance du genre néotropical Mantoida Newman, 1838 (Dict., Mantoididae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 115 (1): 22. Bibcode:2010AnSEF.115...22R. doi:10.3406/bsef.2010.2822. S2CID 131926991.