Callibia

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Callibia
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Adult female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Acanthopidae
Genus: Callibia
Stal, 1877
Species:
C. diana
Binomial name
Callibia diana
(Stoll, 1813)
Synonyms

(Genus)

  • AnastiraGerstaecker, 1883

(Species)

  • Callibia pictipennisServille, 1839
  • Callibia vigilaxWestwood, 1889

Callibia is a genus of praying mantis in the family Acanthopidae. The genus contains only one species, Callibia diana. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Genus Callibia Stal, 1877: Mantodea Species File".
  2. 2008 ITIS Catalogue of Life