| Vespamantoida | |
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| Vespamantoida toulgoeti | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantoididae |
| Genus: |
Vespamantoida Svenson & Rodrigues, 2019 |
| Species | |
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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]
There are two species of mantises in this genus:
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b "Scientists discover new species of wasp-mimicking praying mantis". phys.org. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ 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.