Antemninae Terra, 1995

Rodrigues, Henrique M., Rivera, Julio, Reid, Neil & Svenson, Gavin J., 2017, An elusive Neotropical giant, Hondurantemnachespiritoi gen. n. & sp. n. (Antemninae, Mantidae): a new lineage of mantises exhibiting an ontogenetic change in cryptic strategy, ZooKeys 680, pp. 73-104 : 73

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.11162

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/284049B3-A68D-FF01-0C8C-93619A4EFE50

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scientific name

Antemninae Terra, 1995
status

 

Antemninae Terra, 1995

Type-genus.

Antemna Stål, 1877.

Diagnosis.

Males have a medial ocellar process that originates posteriorly to the ocelli but anterior to the postfrontal sulcus. The dorsal margin of the forefemora at least partially produced, forming a lamellar projection. Forefemora with four discoidal spines. Meso- and metathoracic legs bearing a posteroventral sub-apical lobe originating from an expansion of the keel running along the margin of the femur. Abdomen of the females swollen, almost as wide as long.

Key to Antemninae genera

Kingdom

Animalia

Order

Mantodea

Family

Mantidae