Metallyticus splendidus (lat.) Is a species of mantis from the family Metallyticidae ( Mantodea ) [2] .
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 Praying Mantis Metallyticus splendidus | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Metallyticus splendidus Westwood , 1835 [1] |
Content
- 1 Description
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Description
They are found in South and Southeast Asia ( India , Malaysia , Sumatra ) [2] . Body length about 3 cm, dorsoventrally flattened. Pronotum 5-7 mm long. The coxae of the anterior grasping legs are metallic green. They are distinguished by a brilliant greenish-blue coloration similar to that of the goldfish beetles. They move with the body close to the ground, like cockroaches. They are found on trees and under the bark, where they hunt cockroaches [3] [4] . Prothorax short, venation of wings similar to cockroaches [5] [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Westwood, JO 1835. Insectorum Arachnoidumque novorum decades duo. - Zoological Journal 5: 440-443.
- ↑ 1 2 Praying Mantis catalog - insects.tamu.edu Archived on August 6, 2010.
- ↑ Schütte, K. 2007. Metallyticus splendidus Westwood, 1835 - Mantis wie Metall. - Arthropoda 15 (1/2): 40.
- ↑ Wieland, F. 2008. The genus Metallyticus reviewed (Insecta: Mantoidea). Species, Phylogeny and Evolution 1 (3): 147-170.
- ↑ Svenson Gavin J., and Michael F. Whiting. 2009. Reconstructing the origins of praying mantises (Dictyoptera, Mantodea): the roles of Gondwanan vicariance and morphological convergence. (unavailable link) Cladistics 25 (2009) 468-514.
- ↑ Metallyticidae - mantodea.speciesfile.org
Literature
- Salazar, J. 2005: [Notes on Metallyticus Westwood, 1837; Chaeteessa Burmeister, 1838 and Mantoida Newman, 1838. Three primitive tropical Mantodea (Dictyoptera: Mantodea).] Lambillionea, 105 (2): 265-276.
Links
- Metallyticidae - Tree of Life Web Project (2005) (Eng.) (Retrieved July 18, 2011)
- Metallyticus splendidus - Encyclopedia of Life (2014) (English) (Retrieved April 24, 2014)