Brunneria
Appearance
Brunneria | |
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Brunneria borealis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Coptopterygidae |
Genus: | Brunneria Saussure, 1869 |
Brunneria is a genus of praying mantises in family Mantidae. They are often called stick mantis for their slender shape and the species of the genus are native to the Americas.
Taaxonomy and systematics
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Brunneria:[1]
- Brunneria borealis (Brunner's mantis, Brunner's stick mantis)[2][3][4]
- Brunneria brasiliensis (Brazilian stick mantis)[5]
- Brunneria gracilis
- Brunneria grandis
- Brunneria longa
- Brunneria subaptera (small-winged stick mantis)[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "genus Brunneria Saussure, 1869: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ [1] Dichotomous Key to Species of Mantids that may occur in Florida
- ^ Department of Entomology and Nematology of the University of Florida. "Slide Index". Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ [2] Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Phasmids in Cyberspace
- ^ a b Texas A&M University. "FAMILY Mantidae Burmeister, 1838". Archived from the original on 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2010-06-09.