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genus Sphodromantis Stal, 1871

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (28):
  • Stal. 1871. Ofvers. K. VetensAkad. Forh. Stockh. 28:399 >> Note: Hierodula (Sphodromantis)
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova 2 13(33):62 >> Note: Hierodulae
  • Saussure & Zehntner. 1895. Hist. Madag. 23:185 >> Note: Hierodula
  • Rehn. 1903. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1903:708 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae
  • Kirby. 1904. Syn. Cat. Orth. 1:243 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae
  • Jacobson & Bianki. 1905. Prem. i Lozhn. Ross. Imp. 149 >> Note: Mantidae
  • Giglio-Tos. 1912. Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 43:138
  • Chopard. 1914. Voy. Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel Afr. Orient 23-71 >> Note: in East Africa
  • Giglio-Tos. 1917. Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 48:63 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Hierodulae (group)
  • Giglio-Tos. 1927. Tierreich 50:426, 427
  • Beier. 1935. Genera Insect. 203:80 >> Note: Hierodula (Sphodromantis)
  • Beier. 1935. Genera Insect. 203:87 >> Note: Hierodula (Sphodromantis)
  • Uvarov. 1939. J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 40:552
  • Chopard. 1943. Faune Emp. fr. 1:78 >> Note: Mantinae
  • Morales Agacino. 1947. Trab. est. Fitopat. Agr. Madrid (Ser. Fitopat.) 184:27 >> Note: Mantinae
  • La Greca. 1955. Annuar. Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli 6(4):1
  • Beier. 1964. Bronn’s Klass. Ordn. Tierreiches 5 3(6):948 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Mantini
  • Ragge & Roy. 1967. Bull. Inst. fond. Afr. noire A 29:586 >> Note: Key to species in Ghana
  • Beier. 1968. Handb. Zool. 4((2) 2/12):10 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Mantini
  • Roy. 1973. Biologia gabon. 8(3-4):269 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Paramantini
  • Kaltenbach. 1976. Series Ent. 12:153 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae
  • Kaltenbach. 1982. Fauna Saudi Arabia 4:42 >> Note: Hierodula (Sphodromantis)
  • Balderson. 1984. Austr. CSIRO Div. Entomol. Tech. Pap. 23:9 >> Note: As synonym of Hierodula
  • Lombardo. 1992. Animalia (Catania) 18:89-102, illustr >> Note: Contribution to the knowledge of; as genus, not subgenus
  • Schiejok. 1997. Skorpions-News 2(1):21-22, illustr >> Note: The insect eye
  • Delfosse. 2000. Insectes 119, 4e Trimestre 2000:21-22 >> Note: Rearing
  • Ehrmann. 2002. Mantodea der Welt 321
  • Roy. 2010. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 115(3):345-366 >> Sphodromantis
• Type species:  Sphodromantis viridis Forskal (= viridis viridis)
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

• species abessinica Sjostedt, 1930
• species aethiopica La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
• species annobonensis Llorente, 1968
• species aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917
• species aureoides Roy, 2010
• species baccettii La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
• species balachowskyi La Greca, 1967
• species biocellata (Werner, 1906)
• species centralis Rehn, 1914
• species citernii Giglio-Tos, 1917
• subspecies citernii Giglio-Tos, 1917
• subspecies kenyana La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
• species congica Beier, 1931
• species conspicua La Greca, 1967
• species elegans Sjostedt, 1930
• species elongata La Greca, 1969
• species fenestrata Giglio-Tos, 1912
• synonym fulva Giglio-Tos, 1912
• synonym uebina Giglio-Tos, 1912
• species gastrica Stal, 1858
• synonym bicarinata Saussure, 1869
• synonym bioculata Burmeister, 1838
• synonym occidentalis Werner, 1906
• species gestri Giglio-Tos, 1912
• species giubana La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
• species gracilicollis Beier, 1930
• subspecies centroccidentalis Roy, 2010
• subspecies gracilicollis Beier, 1930
• species gracilis Lombardo, 1992
• species hyalina La Greca, 1955
• species kersteni Gerstaecker, 1869
• synonym christina Kirby, 1904
• species lagrecai Lombardo, 1990
• species lineola Burmeister, 1838
• subspecies lineola Burmeister, 1838
• subspecies pinguis La Greca, 1967
• subspecies speciosa Roy, 1971
• species obscura Beier & Hocking, 1965
• species pachinota La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
• species pardii La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
• species pavonina La Greca, 1956
• species pupillata Bolivar, 1912
• species royi La Greca, 1967
• species rubrostigma Werner, 1916
• species rudolfae Rehn, 1901
• subspecies andreinii Giglio-Tos, 1912
• subspecies rudolfae Rehn, 1901
• species socotrana Roy, 2010
• species splendida Hebard, 1920
• species stigmosa Roy, 2010
• species tenuidentata Lombardo, 1992
• species viridis Forskal, 1775
• subspecies barbara La Greca, 1967
• subspecies inornata Werner, 1923
• subspecies meridionalis La Greca, 1950
• subspecies simplex La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
• subspecies viridis Forskal, 1775

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