Pseudovates Explained

Pseudovates is a genus of praying mantis in the family Mantidae. There are more than 20 described species in the genus Pseudovates, and are found in North, Central, and South America.

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Pseudovates:

• Pseudovates arizonae Hebard, 1935 (Arizona unicorn mantis)
• Pseudovates bidens Fabricius, 1775
• Pseudovates brasiliensis Toledo Piza, 1982
• Pseudovates brevicollis (Orofino, Ippolito & Lombardo, 2006)
• Pseudovates brevicornis Stal, 1877
• Pseudovates chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836
• Pseudovates cingulata Drury, 1773
• Pseudovates cornuta Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Pseudovates denticulata Saussure, 1870
• Pseudovates gracilicollis (Orofino, Ippolito & Lombardo, 2006)
• Pseudovates hofmanni Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Pseudovates iheringi Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Pseudovates longicollis Stal, 1877
• Pseudovates minor Saussure, 1872
• Pseudovates paraensis Saussure, 1871
• Pseudovates parallela de Haan, 1842
• Pseudovates parvula Westwood, 1889
• Pseudovates spinicollis Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
• Pseudovates stolli (Saussure & Zehntner, 1894)
• Pseudovates tolteca Saussure, 1859
• Pseudovates townsendi Rehn, 1904
• Pseudovates tripunctata Burmeister, 1838

Further reading

• Checklist of the neotropical mantids (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea). 2007. Agudelo Rondón . Antonio Arnovis. Lombardo . Francesco. Jantsch . Lauro José. Biota Colombiana. 8. 2. 105–158.
• Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea). 2017. Brannoch . S. K.. Wieland . F.. Rivera . J.. Klass . K-D. Béthoux . O.. Svenson . G. J.. 4. ZooKeys. 696. 1–100. 10.3897/zookeys.696.12542. 5673847. 29200926. free.
• The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera). 2019. Schwarz . Christian J.. Roy . Roger. Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 55. 2. 101–196. 10.1080/00379271.2018.1556567.