Phthersigena
Sign in to savePhthersigena is an Australasian genus of praying mantids: in the subfamily Fulciniinae and tribe Paraoxypilini. It is one of several genera containing certain species called "unicorn mantids", due to a process on their heads.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Nanomantidae
- Collections
- CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV)
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Phthersigena is an Australasian genus of praying mantids: in the subfamily Fulciniinae and tribe Paraoxypilini. It is one of several genera containing certain species called "unicorn mantids", due to a process on their heads.
==Species== The Mantodea Species File lists: subgenus Glabromantis Sjostedt, 1918 Phthersigena minor Sjostedt, 1918 Phthersigena nebulosa Sjostedt, 1918 subgenus Phthersigena Stal, 1871 Phthersigena centralis Giglio-Tos, 1915 Phthersigena conspersa Stal, 1871 - type species Phthersigena insularis Beier, 1965 Phthersigena melania Tindale, 1923 Phthersigena pallidifemur Tindale, 1923 Phthersigena timorensis Beier, 1952 Phthersigena unicornis Tindale, 1923
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