''Leptomantella'' is a genus of
praying mantids
Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; however, most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many references ...
and typical of the new (2019) family
Leptomantellidae
The ''Leptomantellidae'' are a new (2019), small family of praying mantids, based on the type genus ''Leptomantella''. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, genera have been moved here from the Caliridinae in the now obsolete family T ...
. Species have been recorded from Asia.
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Previously placed here as a subgenus, the genus '' Aetaella'' was erected by Hebard in 1920 and has now been restored.Mantodea Species File: genus ''Aetaella'' Hebard, 1920 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 25 January 2021)]
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Species
The ''Mantodea Species File''[Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 25 January 2021)]
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* '' Leptomantella albella'' (Burmeister, 1838) - type species (as ''Mantis albella'' Burmeister)
* '' Leptomantella ceylonica'' Beier, 1956
* '' Leptomantella fragilis'' Westwood, 1889
* '' Leptomantella indica'' Giglio-Tos, 1915
* '' Leptomantella lactea'' Saussure, 1870
* '' Leptomantella montana'' Beier, 1942
* '' Leptomantella nigrocoxata'' Mukherjee, 1995
* '' Leptomantella parva'' Uvarov, 1933
* '' Leptomantella tonkinae'' Hebard, 1920
* '' Leptomantella xizangensis'' Wang, 1993
References
External links
Image at Flickr: ''Leptomantella'' sp. Singapore
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Mantodea genera