Hestiasula

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Hestiasula
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Adult female Hestiasula brunneriana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Subfamily: Oxypilinae
Genus: Hestiasula
Saussure, 1871
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Synonyms
  • HestiasSaussure, 1872 [1]

Hestiasula is a genus of Asian praying mantids in the subfamily Oxypilinae of the family Hymenopodidae.

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References

  1. "Genus Hestiasula Saussure, 1871: Mantodea Species File".