''Vespamantoida'' 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

Mantoididae ''Mantoididae'' is a family of praying mantises which contains Neotropical species of praying mantises from tropical North and South America. The family was formerly represented by the sole genus '' Mantoida'', until the genus ''Paramantoida'' wa ...

. The genus was erected in 2019 and the name was derived from the Latin word ''vespa'' which means

wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...

and ''Mantoida'' referring to the

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 ...

. These mantis resemble and mimic the behavior of a wasp.

Species

There are two species of mantises in this genus: * '' Vespamantoida toulgoeti'' * '' Vespamantoida wherleyi''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q85813027 Mantoididae Mantodea genera