''Calamothespis'' is a genus 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 ...
in the family
Toxoderidae
Toxoderidae is a family of praying mantises.
Subordinate taxa
The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists:
Subfamily Compsothespinae
*Genus '' Compsothespis'' Saussure, 1872
Subfamily Heterochaetinae
*Genus ' Westwood, 1845
Subfamily Oxyothespinae
; ...
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ITIS Catalogue of Life
/ref> It contains the following species:
*'' Calamothespis adusta''
*'' Calamothespis aspoeckorum''
*'' Calamothespis condamini''
*'' Calamothespis congica''
*'' Calamothespis guineensis''
*'' Calamothespis kibweziana''
*'' Calamothespis lesnei''
*'' Calamothespis lineatipennis''
*'' Calamothespis nathani''
*'' Calamothespis oxyops''
*'' Calamothespis prosti''
*'' Calamothespis rourei''
*'' Calamothespis subcornuta''
*'' Calamothespis tanzaniensis''
*'' Calamothespis taylori''
*'' Calamothespis vansoni''
*'' Calamothespis vuattouxi''
See also
*List of mantis genera and species
The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.
The insect Order (biology), order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 ...
References
Toxoderidae
Mantodea genera
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