Anaxarcha
Sign in to saveAnaxarcha is a genus of Asian praying mantids, as the type genus for the Tribe Anaxarchini in the Family Hymenopodidae. They are widespread across southern China, but range into India, Myanmar, parts of Indo-China such as Vietnam, with a few Malaysian records in Sumatra and Borneo.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Hymenopodidae
- Collections
- CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV)
- Recorded in
- Vietnam
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Anaxarcha is a genus of Asian praying mantids, as the type genus for the Tribe Anaxarchini in the Family Hymenopodidae. They are widespread across southern China, but range into India, Myanmar, parts of Indo-China such as Vietnam, with a few Malaysian records in Sumatra and Borneo.
== Species == There are fourteen recognized species:Wu, C. & Chun-Xiang L., 2023. Taxonomical study of the genus Anaxarcha Stål in China (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae), Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 59(1): 14-36. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2022.2158933 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2022.2158933(older in )
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