''Bimantis'' is a genus of
praying mantises
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 ...
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 ...
.
It is
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
, being represented by the single species ''Bimantis malaccana''. ''Bimantis malaccana'' was originally described in 1904 as belonging to the genus ''
Ameles
''Ameles'' is a wide-ranging genus of praying mantises represented in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Tree of Life Web Project. 2005
'' and is found in Asia.
References
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Mantodea genera