Sibylla (mantis) explained

Sibylla^[1] is a genus of mantises in the family Hymenopodidae^[2] and characteristic of the subfamily Sibyllinae.

Description

Sibylla species have a long and thin prothorax with lateral and dorsal projections. The head bears an erect process with four sideways spikes.^[3]

Classification

The Mantodea Species File lists:^[4]

Subgenus Sibylla

1. Sibylla dives (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
2. Sibylla dolosa (Roy, 1975)
3. Sibylla gratiosa (Rehn, 1912)
4. Sibylla limbata (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
5. Sibylla maculosa (Roy, 1996)
6. Sibylla marmorata (Roy, 1996)
7. Sibylla polyacantha (Gerstaecker, 1889)
8. Sibylla pretiosa (Stål, 1856) - type species

Subgenus Sibyllopsis

1. Sibylla griffinii (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
2. Sibylla operosa (Roy, 1996)
3. Sibylla pannulata (Karsch 1894)
4. Sibylla punctata (Roy, 1996)
5. Sibylla vanderplaetseni (Roy, 1963)

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

Notes and References

1. Stål C (1856) Ofvers. K. VetensAkad. Forh. Stockh. 13: 168.
2. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/browse_taxa.php?path=0,1,134,311,844,852&selected_taxon=852 ITIS Catalogue of Life
3. Book: Picker, Mike. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa . 2004 . Struik Publishers . Cape Town . 978-1-77007-061-5 . 66. etal.
4. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=483 Mantodea.speciesfile.org: Genus Sibylla