Acontista amazonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Acanthopidae |
Genus: | Acontista |
Species: | A. amazonica |
Binomial name | |
Acontista amazonica Beier, 1929 | |
Acontista amazonica is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae. [1] [2]
Acontista is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae.
Acontista amoenula is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista brevipennis is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista cayennensis is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista championi is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista chopardi is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista cordillerae is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista cubana is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista ecuadorica is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista eximia is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista festae is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista fraterna is a species of mantis in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista inquinata is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista iriodes is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista mexicana is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista piracicabensis is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista semirufa is a species of mantid in the family Acontistidae.
Acontista vitrea is a species of mantis in the family Acontistidae. It was first collected from the Volcán de Chiriquí in Panama.
Acanthopidae is a family of South American mantises consisting of 16 genera in the order Mantodea. The group was first formally split off as a separate family by the German entomologist Reinhard Ehrmann in 2002. In 2016, five genera were moved from Acanthopidae to the newly created family Acontistidae, but this has not been accepted in most recent classifications.