Tropidomantis kawaharai

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Tropidomantis kawaharai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Nanomantidae
Genus: Tropidomantis
Species:
T. kawaharai
Binomial name
Tropidomantis kawaharai
Brannoch, 2018 [1]

Tropidomantis kawaharai is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae. [2] It is endemic to the remote Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It was described from two specimens collected from the island of Hiva Oa. It is notable for being the first praying mantis species known from the archipelago. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Brannoch, Sydney K; Svenson, Gavin J (2018-10-29). "First record of a praying mantis, Tropidomantis kawaharai Brannoch sp. nov. (Mantodea: Iridopterygidae), in the mid-Pacific Marquesas Archipelago". Austral Entomology. 58 (2): 298–306. doi:10.1111/aen.12373. ISSN   2052-174X. S2CID   91379162.
  2. ↑ "species Tropidomantis (Tropidomantis) kawaharai Brannoch, 2018: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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