Bimantis

Bimantis
Type material (Smithsonian Institution).[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Gonypetidae
Subfamily: Gonypetinae
Genus:
Giglio-Tos, 1915
Species:
B. malaccana
Binomial name
Bimantis malaccana
(Rehn, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Ameles malaccana Rehn 1903

Bimantis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Gonypetidae.[2] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Bimantis malaccana. Bimantis malaccana was originally described in 1904 as belonging to the genus Ameles and is found in Asia.

References

  1. ^ Svenson GJ (2014) The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA. ZooKeys 433, 31-75.
  2. ^ "genus Bimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
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