Epaphrodita
| Epaphrodita | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Epaphroditidae |
| Subfamily: | Epaphroditinae |
| Genus: | Epaphrodita Serville, 1831[1][2] |
Epaphrodita is a genus of praying mantids in the family Epaphroditidae.[1] It is the type genus of its family.[3] It is distributed in Hispaniola and Saint Lucia.[4]
Species
[edit]There are two[4] or three recognized species:[1][2]
- Epaphrodita lobivertex Lombardo & Perez-Gelabert, 2004
- Epaphrodita musarum Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 (=Epaphrodita dentifrons Saussure, 1872)
- Epaphrodita undulata Saussure, 1870
Moulin and colleagues consider Epaphrodita undulata a synonym of Epaphrodita musarum.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Epaphrodita Serville, 1831". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Epaphrodita Serville, 1831". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ Rodrigues, H M; Svenson, G J (2018). "Epaphroditidae sensu novo, an endemic Caribbean family of morphologically divergent praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)". Neotropical Entomology. 47 (4): 502–507. doi:10.1007/s13744-017-0570-7.
- 1 2 3 Moulin, Nicolas; Meurgey, François; Hugel, Sylvain (2021). "Mantodea from Eastern Caribbean Islands". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. New Series. 57 (3): 235–257. doi:10.1080/00379271.2021.1932590.
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