Earth Mantis [1] ( Geomantis larvoides ) is one of two species of small mantises from the Mediterranean genus Geomantis . Distributed in southern Europe and North Africa .
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A small wingless mantis that is found in dry grassy vegetation. The body of the mantis is buffy. Pronotum elongated, more than 2 times as long as its own width. The eyes are spherical, slightly protruding above the surface of the head [2] . Forelegs marble brown, fore coxae with small spines. The edges of the abdomen are parallel, the segments are wider than long, bear longitudinal keels [3] and.
The body length of the female is 2–2.5 cm, the males are slightly smaller - 1.8–2.2 cm [3] .
First described in Spain, found in Portugal, in the south of France, in Italy, Croatia, Albania [4] , Greece, Turkey [5] [6] , Morocco. The presence of the species in Algeria is in doubt [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Gilyarov M.S. Superclass Centipedes (Myriapoda) // Animal Life. Volume 3. Arthropods: trilobites, chelicerae, tracheal breathing. Onychophors / ed. M.S. Gilyarova , F.N. Pravdina, Ch. ed. V. E. Sokolov . - 2nd ed. - M .: Enlightenment, 1984. - S. 163. - 463 p.
- ↑ F. Rebrina, R. Battiston & J. Skejo. Are Empusa Pennata and Bolivaria Brachyptera really present in Croatia? A reply to Kranjčev (2013) with a critical review of the mantid taxa found in Croatia. Entomol. Croat. 2014, Vol. 18. Num 1–2: 17–25
- ↑ 1 2 3 Battiston R., Picciau L., Fontana P., Marshall J. Mantids of the Euro-Mediterranean Area . - WBA Books, 2010. - P. 105. - ISBN 978-88-903323-1-9 . Archived September 23, 2015 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Radomir Jaskuła. First record of Geomantis larvoides Pantel, 1896 (Mantidae) from Albania with an updated checklist of Albanian Mantodea . Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 66 (1), 2014: 125-126
- ↑ Çiplak, Battal; Demirsoy, Ali; Ciplak, Battal. Mantodea (Insecta) Fauna of Malatya Vicinity (Turkey) and Some Remarks on the Mantises of Anatolia (Eng.) // Journal of Orthoptera Research: journal. - 1997. - No. 6 . - P. 105 . - ISSN 10826467 . - DOI : 10.2307 / 3503542 .
- ↑ Maram Caesar, Roger Roy, Frederic Legendre, Philippe Grandcolas & Roseli Pellens. Catalog of Dictyoptera from Syria and neighboring countries (Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan ) // Zootaxa : journal. - 2015. - Vol. 3948 , no. 1 . - P. 71-92 . - DOI : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3948.1.5 . - PMID 25947764 .
Links
- Battiston R., Picciau L., Fontana P., Marshall J. Mantids of the Euro-Mediterranean Area . - WBA Books, 2010. - P. 105. - ISBN 978-88-903323-1-9 . Archived September 23, 2015 on the Wayback Machine
- Geomantis larvoides Pantel, 1896. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0 / 5.0 )