Ameles

For the arctiid moth genus erroneously named Ameles by Walker in 1855, see Aemilia (moth).

Ameles
Adult European dwarf mantis (A. spallanzania)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Amelidae
Tribe:	Amelini
Genus:	Ameles Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms
ApteramelesBeier, 1950 ParamelesSaussure, 1869

Ameles is a wide-ranging genus of praying mantises represented in Africa, Asia, and Europe. ^[1]

Species

• Ameles aegyptiaca Werner, 1913
• Ameles arabica Uvarov, 1939
• Ameles assoi Bolivar, 1873
• Ameles decolor Charpentier, 1825
• Ameles dumonti Chopard, 1943
• Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963 – spined dwarf mantis
• Ameles gracilis (Brulle, 1838)
• Ameles heldreichi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
• Ameles insularis Agabiti, Salvatrice & Lombardo, 2010
• Ameles kervillei Bolivar, 1911
• Ameles maroccana Uvarov, 1931
• Ameles massai Battiston & Fontana, 2005
• Ameles moralesi Bolivar, 1936
• Ameles paradecolor Agabiti, Salvatrice & Lombardo, 2010
• Ameles persa Bolivar, 1911
• Ameles picteti Saussure, 1869
• Ameles poggii Lombardo, 1986
• Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 – European dwarf mantis
• Ameles syriensis Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Ameles wadisirhani Kaltenbach, 1982

References

1. Tree of Life Web Project. 2005

External links

• Data related to Ameles at Wikispecies
• Media related to Ameles at Wikimedia Commons