Pseudovates

Pseudovates
Pseudovates sp., Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Subfamily:	Vatinae
Tribe:	Vatini
Genus:	Pseudovates Saussure, 1869
Synonyms
HagiotataSaussure & Zehntner, 1894 PhyllovatesKirby, 1904

Pseudovates is a genus of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. There are more than 20 described species in the genus Pseudovates, and are found in North, Central, and South America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Pseudovates:

• Pseudovates arizonae Hebard, 1935 (Arizona Unicorn Mantis)
• Pseudovates bidens Fabricius, 1775
• Pseudovates brasiliensis Toledo Piza, 1982
• Pseudovates brevicollis (Orofino, Ippolito & Lombardo, 2006)
• Pseudovates brevicornis Stal, 1877
• Pseudovates chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836 (Texas Unicorn Mantis)
• Pseudovates cingulata Drury, 1773
• Pseudovates cornuta Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Pseudovates denticulata Saussure, 1870
• Pseudovates gracilicollis (Orofino, Ippolito & Lombardo, 2006)
• Pseudovates hofmanni Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Pseudovates iheringi Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Pseudovates longicollis Stal, 1877
• Pseudovates minor Saussure, 1872
• Pseudovates paraensis Saussure, 1871
• Pseudovates parallela de Haan, 1842
• Pseudovates parvula Westwood, 1889
• Pseudovates spinicollis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Pseudovates stolli (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
• Pseudovates tolteca Saussure, 1859
• Pseudovates townsendi Rehn, 1904
• Pseudovates tripunctata Burmeister, 1838

Taxonomy

The genus Pseudovates was formerly part of three separate genera. (Phyllovates, Pseudovates, and Hagiotata). A recent taxonomic revision synonomized them and are now classified under the genus Pseudovates.

Additional Images

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  The Texas Unicorn Mantis (Pseudovates chlorophaea)
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  Pseudovates adult male
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  The Arizona Unicorn Mantis (Pseudovates arizonae)
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  A nymph of the Texas Unicorn Mantis

References

1. "Pseudovates Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
2. "Pseudovates". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
3. "Pseudovates genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
4. Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "genus Pseudovates Saussure, 1869". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Agudelo Rondón, Antonio Arnovis; Lombardo, Francesco; Jantsch, Lauro José (2007). "Checklist of the neotropical mantids (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea)" (PDF). Biota Colombiana. 8 (2): 105–158.
• Brannoch, S. K.; Wieland, F.; Rivera, J.; Klass, K-D; et al. (2017). "Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea)". ZooKeys (696): 1–100. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.696.12542 . PMC   5673847 . PMID   29200926.
• Schwarz, Christian J.; Roy, Roger (2019). "The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 55 (2): 101–196. doi:10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567.