Galepsus (mantis)

Galepsus
Galepsus, Botswana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Eremiaphilidae
Subfamily:	Tarachodinae
Tribe:	Tarachodini
Subtribe:	Tarachodina
Genus:	Galepsus Stal, 1876
Subgenera
Galepsus Stål, 1876 Lygdamia Stål, 1877 Onychogalepsus Beier, 1954 Syngalepsus Beier, 1954
Synonyms
Lygdamia Stål, 1877 Onychogalepsus Beier, 1954 Synagalepsus Beier, 1954

Galepsus is a genus of mantids in the family Eremiaphilidae. There are more than 60 described species in Galepsus, found in Sub-Saharan Africa. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Galepsus, South Africa

Species

These 67 species belong to the genus Galepsus:

• Galepsus aberrans Kaltenbach, 1996
• Galepsus affinis Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus angolensis Werner, 1907
• Galepsus beieri Kaltenbach, 1996
• Galepsus binotatus La Greca, 1950
• Galepsus bioculatus Beier, 1957
• Galepsus bipunctatus Beier, 1931
• Galepsus birkenmeierae Beier, 1969
• Galepsus bispinosus Beier, 1957
• Galepsus brincki Beier, 1955
• Galepsus brunneri Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus bucheti Moulin, 2018
• Galepsus buettneri Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus cacuminatus Beier, 1954
• Galepsus capensis Beier, 1930
• Galepsus capitatus Saussure, 1869
• Galepsus centralis Beier, 1957
• Galepsus cliquennoisi Roy, 2005
• Galepsus congicus Rehn, 1912
• Galepsus coronatus La Greca, 1952
• Galepsus culminans Beier, 1954
• Galepsus damaranus Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus decipiens Beier, 1950
• Galepsus denigratus Beier, 1954
• Galepsus diversus Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus dubius Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus dudleyi Moulin, 2018
• Galepsus erythraeus Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus fallaciosus Beier, 1957
• Galepsus fallax La Greca, 1955
• Galepsus feae Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus femoratus Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus focki Werner, 1923
• Galepsus fumipennis Beier, 1954
• Galepsus globiceps Beier, 1942
• Galepsus gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus inermis Giglio-Tos, 1916
• Galepsus intermedius Werner, 1907
• Galepsus konakrynus Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus laticeps Werner, 1907
• Galepsus lenticularis (Saussure, 1872)
• Galepsus letabaensis Kaltenbach, 1996
• Galepsus machadoi Beier, 1969
• Galepsus malawiensis Beier, 1969
• Galepsus meridionalis (Saussure, 1872)
• Galepsus minima Werner, 1907
• Galepsus minutus Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus montanus Werner, 1907
• Galepsus nigricoxa Giglio-Tos, 1927
• Galepsus nimulensis Giglio-Tos, 1917
• Galepsus nyassensis Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus oxycephalus (Gerstaecker, 1883)
• Galepsus pentheri Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus rhodesicus Beier, 1954
• Galepsus rouxi Werner, 1929
• Galepsus schwetzi Beier, 1957
• Galepsus scorteccii La Greca, 1956
• Galepsus signatus Beier, 1954
• Galepsus sudanensis Beier, 1954
• Galepsus supervacaneus Beier, 1954
• Galepsus tenuis Stal, 1877
• Galepsus thomseni Werner, 1923
• Galepsus transvaalensis Beier, 1954
• Galepsus trilobus Giglio-Tos, 1911
• Galepsus ulricae Kaltenbach, 1996
• Galepsus wittei Beier, 1954
• Galepsus zambesicus Giglio-Tos, 1911

References

1. "GBIF, Galepsus" . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Galepsus Stal, 1876" . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
3. Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2020). "Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2024-08-20.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Galepsus at iNaturalist
• Media related to Galepsus at Wikimedia Commons