Biology:Heliomantis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Hymenopodidae |
| Genus: | Heliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915[1] |
| Species: | H. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliomantis elegans (Navás, 1904)
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Heliomantis is an Asian genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae, subfamily Hymenopodinae. The genus is monotypic.[2][3][4]
Species
The genus contains only one valid species:[2][3][4]
- Heliomantis elegans (Navás, 1904) (lectotype: NE India & Nepal; also recorded in Bhutan)[3]
Reassigned
Heliomantis latipennis Werner, 1930 from Sarawak, Borneo, has been transferred to the new genus Werneriana due to its "highly divergent morphology".[3]
Description
Males measure 32–37 mm (1.3–1.5 in) and females 47–54 mm (1.9–2.1 in) in total length. Living specimens are predominantly green in color. The head is triangular. The pronotum is moderately lender. The forelegs are typical of praying mantises. The abdomen is wide; the wings far surpass the end of abdomen.[3]
Habitat
Heliomantis latipennis appears to prefer mountain forests and has been recorded at elevations of 1,600–2,150 m (5,250–7,050 ft) above sea level.[3]
References
- ↑ Giglio-Tos (1915) Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. comp. R. Univ. Torino 30(702): 2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "genus Heliomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915". Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0). http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1182568. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Shcherbakov, Evgeny; Ehrmann, Reinhard; Borer, Matthias (2016). "Revision of the genus Heliomantis Giglio-Tos 1915 (Insecta: Mantodea: Hymenopodidae)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. N.S. 52 (3): 135–149. doi:10.1080/00379271.2016.1220264.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/heliomantis/match/1. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
External links
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