| Callimantis antillarum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Epaphroditidae |
| Genus: | Callimantis Stål, 1877 |
| Species: | C. antillarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Callimantis antillarum (Saussure, 1859) | |
Callimantis is a genus of mantises of the family Epaphroditidae consisting of only one species, Callimantis antillarum. [1]
Callimantis antillarum is a praying mantis species that comes from a very ancient lineage. When Gondwanaland broke up around 107 MYA, the phylogenetic group split into three Antillean endemic groups known as Callimantis, Epaphrodita , and Gonatistacame . These are referred to as Neotropical or Old World lineages. [2] Callimantis do not have the special traits that place them into the Stagmomantinae subfamily other than a plain green appearance. [3]