Pseudoyersinia brevipennis is an extinct European species of praying mantids in the family Mantidae recorded from the Second French Empire.
| Pseudoyersinia brevipennis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Amelidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoyersinia |
| Species: | †P. brevipennis
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudoyersinia brevipennis (Yersin, 1860)
| |
The true range of this species has never been studied, as only three specimens were collected westwards of Toulon in 1860, and the species was never seen after this point.[1] A final specimen was identified in 1990, 130 years after it was collected, adding up to four specimens.[2]
Having not been seen in well over a century and a half, the species was eventually declared extinct [3] in 2020. Its true distribution, behaviour, threats, and date of extinction all remain unknown as a result.
References edit
- ^ "Pseudoyersinia brevipennis - www.galerie-insecte.org". www.galerie-insecte.org. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ "INSECTA > Dictyoptera > Mantidae > Pseudoyersinia brevipennis". GALERIE DU MONDE DES INSECTES.
- ^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Pseudoyersinia brevipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 19 December 2019.