Parastagmatoptera is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
consisting of ten species of
mantis
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate a ...
es in the subfamily
Vatinae
Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references still use ...
.
ITIS Catalogue of Life
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Species
*'' Parastagmatoptera bororoi'' Lombardo, Umbriaco & Ippolito, 2014
*'' Parastagmatoptera flavoguttata'' Serville, 1839
*'' Parastagmatoptera immaculata'' Chopard, 1911
*'' Parastagmatoptera pellucida'' Giglio-Tos, 1914
*'' Parastagmatoptera simulacrum'' (Fabricius, 1793)
*'' Parastagmatoptera sottilei'' Lombardo, Umbriaco & Ippolito, 2014
*'' Parastagmatoptera theresopolitana'' Giglio-Tos, 1914
*'' Parastagmatoptera unipunctata'' Burmeister, 1838
*'' Parastagmatoptera vitreola'' Stal, 1877
*'' Parastagmatoptera zernyi'' Beier, 1930
See also
*List of mantis genera and species
The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.
The insect Order (biology), order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 ...
References
Stagmatopterinae
Mantodea genera
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