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Oligonicella Bolliana, O. Bolliana
''Oligonicella'' is a wide-ranging genus of mantises in the family Thespidae. It is represented in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Species Species in the genus include: Tree of Life Web Project (2005), Species list from Ehrmann (2002). #''Oligonicella bolliana, O. bolliana'' #''Oligonicella brunneri, O. brunneri'' — Europe. #''Oligonicella punctulata, O. punctulata'' #''Oligonicella scudderi, O. scudderi'' — North America. - type species (as ''Oligonicella scudderi'' Saussure) #''Oligonicella striolata, O. striolata'' #''Oligonicella tessellata, O. tessellata'' See also *List of mantis genera and speciesReferences Thespidae Mantodea of Africa Mantodea of Asia Mantodea of Europe Mantodea of North America Mantodea genera {{Mantodea-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all mantodeans have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, resembling a praying posture, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other more distantly related insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies ( Mantispidae). Mant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thespidae
Thespidae is a family of insects in the order Mantodea. Following a major revision of this order in 2019, the old-world subfamilies Haaniinae and Hoplocoryphinae, previously placed here, have been upgraded to family level. Thespidae are mostly Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ... and few species have reached the Nearctic realm. Subfamilies and genera The following taxa are recognised in the family Thespidae: See also * List of mantis genera and species References External links * * Mantodea Species File {{Mantodea Mantodea families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology (biology), morphology, behaviour, or ecological niche. In addition, palaeontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. About 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a binomial nomenclature, two-part name, a "binomen". The first part of a binomen is the name of a genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name (zoology), specific name or the specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligonicella Brunneri
''Oligonicella brunneri'' is one of the smallest species 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 "scarcely reach(es) one centimeter in length." Dipartimento di Biología Animale, Università di Catania, Italia. References Thespidae Mantodea of Europe Insects of Italy[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligonicella Punctulata
''Oligonicella'' is a wide-ranging genus of mantises in the family Thespidae. It is represented in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Species Species in the genus include: Tree of Life Web Project (2005), Species list from Ehrmann (2002). #'' Oligonicella bolliana, O. bolliana'' #'' O. brunneri'' — Europe. #'' O. punctulata'' #'' O. scudderi'' — North America. - type species (as ''Oligonicella scudderi'' Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligonicella Scudderi
''Oligonicella scudderi'', common name Scudder's mantis or slender prairie mantid, is a species of praying mantis native to the southern United States. It is a small brown insect; the males can fly but the females are wingless. Taxonomy ''Oligonicella scudderi'' was first described in 1870 by the Swiss entomologist Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure and named in honour of the American entomologist Samuel Hubbard Scudder from specimens found in Georgia. In 1894 another mantis ''Oligonyx bolliana'' was described from Dallas, Texas and from northern Mexico by Saussure and his collaborator, Leo Zehntner. In 1896, Scudder expressed the view that the two were the same species. Little further research has been done and many authorities now consider the two to be synonymous. Distribution ''O. scudderi'' is found in the southern United States. Its range extends from the Great Plains and Nebraska, southwards to Texas and Mexico. Description This is a small, pale brown, stick-like, groun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligonicella Striolata
''Oligonicella'' is a wide-ranging genus of mantises in the family Thespidae. It is represented in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Species Species in the genus include: Tree of Life Web Project (2005), Species list from Ehrmann (2002). #'' Oligonicella bolliana, O. bolliana'' #'' O. brunneri'' — Europe. #'' O. punctulata'' #'' O. scudderi'' — North America. - type species (as ''Oligonicella scudderi'' Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 genus, genera. 75 of these genera are in the Family (biology), family Mantidae (the mantids), which formerly was the sole family recognized within the order. In some cases, common names in the English language are loosely applied to several different members of a particular genus, or even for species in various genera. For example, "giant Asian mantis" is used for various members of ''Hierodula'', "dead leaf mantis" may refer not only to various species of ''Deroplatys'', but to all brown mantises that use leaf mimicry for camouflage. "flower mantis" refers to numerous mantises, especially those belonging to or similar to those of genus ''Creobroter'', and so on. ---For citation of common nomenclature and additional references, see indiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantodea Of Africa
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 have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all mantodeans have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, resembling a praying posture, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other more distantly related insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies ( Mantispidae). Manti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
