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genus Pyrgomantis Gerstaecker, 1869

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (22):
  • Gerstaecker. 1869. Arch. f. naturges. 35:210
  • Saussure. 1870. Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 3:223 >> Note: Empusites
  • Saussure. 1871. Mem. Soc. Hist. nat. Geneve 21:325 >> Note: Oxypilites (legio)
  • Saussure. 1871. Mem. Soc. Hist. nat. Geneve 21:395 >> Note: Orthoderites (legio)
  • Gerstaecker. 1873. Reise Ost-Afr., Decken 3:17
  • Stal. 1877. Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 4(10):13 >> Note: Eremophilidae (sbfam)
  • Wood-Mason. 1882. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 51:24
  • Westwood. 1889. Revis. Mant. 3 >> Note: Eremiaphilides
  • Wood-Mason. 1889. Cat. Mant. 32 >> Note: Eremiaphilidae (sbfam)
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova 2 13(33):59 >> Note: Pyrgomantidae
  • Rehn. 1903. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1903:702 >> Note: Mantidae: Orthoderinae
  • Kirby. 1904. Syn. Cat. Orth. 1:217 >> Note: Mantidae: Eremiaphilinae
  • Giglio-Tos. 1917. Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 48:105 >> Note: Mantidae: Eremiaphilinae: Pyrgomantes (group)
  • Giglio-Tos. 1921. Genera Insect. 177:28 >> Note: Mantidae: Eremiaphilinae: Pyrgomantes (group)
  • Giglio-Tos. 1927. Tierreich 50:109 >> Note: Mantidae: Eremiaphilinae: Pyrgomantes (group)
  • Beier. 1935. Genera Insect. 203:5 >> Note: Mantidae: Mantinae: Tarachodini
  • Beier. 1954. Explor. Parc natn. Upemba Miss. G.F. White Fasc. 20:34 >> Note: Mantinae
  • Beier. 1957. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afric. 55:90
  • Beier. 1957. Revue Zool. Bot. afr. 55:90
  • Beier. 1964. Bronn’s Klass. Ordn. Tierreiches 5 3(6):942 >> Note: Mantidae: Tarachodinae
  • Beier. 1968. Handb. Zool. 4((2) 2/12):8. >> Note: Mantidae: Tarachodinae
  • Ehrmann. 2002. Mantodea der Welt 302
• Type species:  Pyrgomantis singularis Gerstaecker
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

• species bisignata Beier, 1957
• species congica Giglio-Tos, 1917
• species curta Beier, 1954
• species fasciata Giglio-Tos, 1917
• species jonesi Kirby, 1904
• synonym nigerica Giglio-Tos, 1917
• synonym occidentalis Giglio-Tos, 1917
• synonym septentrionalis Werner, 1907
• species longissima Beier, 1957
• species mabuia Werner, 1907
• species mitrata Beier, 1954
• species nana Sjostedt, 1924
• species nasuta Thunberg, 1784
• synonym capensis Gmelin, 1788
• species ornatipes Bolivar, 1922
• species pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917
• species rhodesica Giglio-Tos, 1917
• species runifera Beier, 1957
• species signatifrons Beier, 1954
• species simillima Beier, 1954
• species singularis Gerstaecker, 1869
• species wellmani Rehn, 1912

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