''Amphecostephanus'' is a
monotypic genus of
praying mantises in the family
Chroicopteridae
The ''Chroicopteridae'' are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus '' Chroicoptera''. The name is derived from first use, for subfamily Chroicopterinae, by Giglio-Tos and it has been revived as part of a major revisi ...
. It s represented by a single species, ''Amphecostephanus rex'', that is found in Angola and Malawi. It was first described in "On some African Mantidae and Phasmidae in the Collection of the Deutschen Entomologischen Museum" in ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte'',
Berlin in 1912.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin
See also
* List of mantis genera and species
References
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Mantodea of Africa
Insects of Angola
Insects of Malawi
Insects described in 1912
Mantodea genera
Monotypic insect genera
Hymenopodidae