''Ameles heldreichi'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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 and tropical habitats. They ha ...
that lives in Macedonia, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Cyprus. Type locality is Putini (Croatia).
Mantodea Online
References
Ameles, heldreichi
Insects described in 1882
Mantodea of Europe
Insects of the Middle East
Insects of North Africa
Insects of Turkey
Taxa named by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl
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