Leptomantella[2] is a genus of praying mantids and typical of the new (2019) family Leptomantellidae. Species have been recorded from Asia.[3][4]

Leptomantella
Leptomantella cf. tonkinae found in Cát Tiên National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Leptomantellidae
Genus: Leptomantella
Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms

Leptomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915[1]

Previously placed here as a subgenus, the genus Aetaella was erected by Hebard in 1920 and has now been restored.[5][6]

Species

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The Mantodea Species File[3] lists:

References

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  1. ^ Burmeister (1838) Handb. Ent., Burm. 2: 533.
  2. ^ Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty eight new generic names in Orthoptera. Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist., (11)5: 173-176.
  3. ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 25 January 2021)
  4. ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ^ Hebard (1920) Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 72: 44.
  6. ^ Mantodea Species File: genus Aetaella Hebard, 1920 (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 25 January 2021)
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