Biology:Stagmatopterinae

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Short description: Subfamily of praying mantises

Stagmatopterinae
photograph of a large green adult female mantid insect
Adult female Stagmatoptera supplicaria
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Stagmatopterinae
Genus

7 genera, see text

Stagmatopterinae was a subfamily of the Mantidae, a family of insects within the order of mantises (Mantodea). Many of the genera have now been placed in the subfamily Vatinae.[1]

Genera

photograph of a large green adult male mantid insect in the Amazon rainforest, near Nauta, Peru
adult male Stagmatoptera supplicaria in the Amazon Rainforest near Nauta, Peru

The Stagmatopterinae subfamily consisted of 6 genera, and 50 species.[2]

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3496379 entry