Biology:Vespamantoida
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Short description: Genus of mantises
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantoididae |
| Genus: | Vespamantoida Svenson & Rodrigues, 2019 |
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Vespamantoida is a genus of praying mantises in the family Mantoididae.[1][2] The genus was erected in 2019 and the name was derived from the Latin word vespa which means wasp and Mantoida referring to the mantis.[1] These mantis resemble and mimic the behavior of a wasp.[1][3][4]
Species
There are two species of mantises in this genus:
- Vespamantoida toulgoeti[5]
- Vespamantoida wherleyi[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Svenson, Gavin J.; Rodrigues, Henrique M. (2019-10-17). "A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)" (in en). PeerJ 7: e7886. doi:10.7717/peerj.7886. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 31656699.
- ↑ "family Mantoididae: Mantodea Species File". http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1185078.
- ↑ "New species of orange-red praying mantis mimics a wasp" (in en-US). 2019-10-25. https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/praying-mantis-wasp-mimic-new-species-amazon/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Scientists discover new species of wasp-mimicking praying mantis" (in en-us). https://phys.org/news/2019-10-scientists-species-wasp-mimicking-mantis.html.
- ↑ Roy, Roger (2010). "Contribution à la connaissance du genre néotropical Mantoida Newman, 1838 (Dict., Mantoididae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 115 (1): 22. doi:10.3406/bsef.2010.2822. Bibcode: 2010AnSEF.115...22R. https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2010_num_115_1_2822.
Wikidata ☰ Q85813027 entry
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