Amorphoscelis Explained

Amorphoscelis^[1] is a genus of praying mantis in the family Amorphoscelidae; records of occurrence are from Africa and tropical Asia.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Amorphoscelis:

• Amorphoscelis abyssinica
• Amorphoscelis angolica
• Amorphoscelis annulicornis
• Amorphoscelis asymmetrica
• Amorphoscelis austrogermanica
• Amorphoscelis bimaculata
• Amorphoscelis borneana
• Amorphoscelis brunneipennis
• Amorphoscelis chinensis
• Amorphoscelis chopardi
• Amorphoscelis elegans
• Amorphoscelis griffini
• Amorphoscelis grisea
• Amorphoscelis hainana
• Amorphoscelis hamata
• Amorphoscelis huismani
• Amorphoscelis javana
• Amorphoscelis kenyensis
• Amorphoscelis lamottei
• Amorphoscelis laxeretis
• Amorphoscelis machadoi
• Amorphoscelis morini
• Amorphoscelis naumanni
• Amorphoscelis nigriventer
• Amorphoscelis nubeculosa
• Amorphoscelis opaca
• Amorphoscelis orientalis
• Amorphoscelis pallida
• Amorphoscelis pantherina
• Amorphoscelis papua
• Amorphoscelis parva
• Amorphoscelis pellucida
• Amorphoscelis phaesoma
• Amorphoscelis philippina
• Amorphoscelis pinheyi
• Amorphoscelis pulchella
• Amorphoscelis pulchra
• Amorphoscelis punctata
• Amorphoscelis reticulata
• Amorphoscelis rufula
• Amorphoscelis siebersi
• Amorphoscelis singaporana
• Amorphoscelis spinosa
• Amorphoscelis stellulatha
• Amorphoscelis subnigra
• Amorphoscelis sulawesiana
• Amorphoscelis sumatrana
• Amorphoscelis tigrina
• Amorphoscelis tuberculata
• Amorphoscelis villiersi

Notes and References

1. Stal (1871) Ofvers. K. VetensAkad. Forh. Stockh. 28(3): 401.
2. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1186001 Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 11 October 2018)