''Tricondylomimus'' is an Asian genus of
praying 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 ...
in the family
Gonypetidae
The Gonypetidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus '' Gonypeta''. The name was created by Westwood and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy; the subfamily Iridopteryginae having be ...
.
[Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 1 September 2019)]
/ref> Formerly considered as a junior synonym of the genus ''Nemotha
''Nemotha'' is a genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae: tribe Anaxarchini, containing a single described species, ''Nemotha metallica''. The genus was previously placed in the Iridopterygidae
Iridopterygidae was a family of ma ...
'', Chopard's original genus name was restored in 2017. The name is for the similarity to tiger beetles in the genus '' Tricondyla'' contributed by the pronotal shape and color.
Species
The ''Mantodea Species File''[ lists:
* '' Tricondylomimus coomani'' Chopard, 1930 – type species (locality Vietnam)
* '' Tricondylomimus intermedius'' Stiewe & Shcherbakov, 2017
* '' Tricondylomimus mirabiliis'' Beier, 1935
]
References
External links
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Mantodea genera
Insects of Southeast Asia
Iridopteryginae