Spilomantis Explained

Spilomantis^[1] is a genus of Asian praying mantids in the family Iridopterygidae.^[2] These species were long placed in the genus Hapalopeza, but after a review of type material at the Natural History Museum, London^[3] this genus name has been restored.

Species

The Mantodea Species File^[2] lists:

• Spilomantis nigripes Werner, 1926
• Spilomantis occipitalis (Westwood, 1889) – type species (as Hapalopeza occipitalis Westwood)

Notes and References

1. Giglio-Tos (1915) Bull. Soc. ent. Ital. 46: 44.
2. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1182919 Mantodea Species File: genus Spilomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 29 July 2020)
3. Marshall J (1975) Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 31(8): 311-327