Callimantis is a genus of mantis of the family Epaphroditidae consisting of only one species, Callimantis antillarum.[1]
| Callimantis antillarum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Epaphroditidae |
| Genus: | Callimantis Stål, 1877 |
| Species: | C. antillarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Callimantis antillarum (Saussure, 1859)
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Species
editCallimantis antillarum is a praying mantis species that comes from a very ancient lineage. When Gondwanaland broke up around 107 MYA, the phylogenetic group split into three Antillean endemic groups known as Callimantis, Epaphrodita, and Gonatistacame. These are referred to as Neotropical or Old World lineages.[2] Callimantis do not have the special traits that place them into the Stagmomantinae subfamily other than a plain green appearance. [3]
References
edit- ^ "Genus Callimantis Stal, 1877". Mantodea Species File. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Svenson, Gavin J.; Rodrigues, Henrique M. (2017-09-27). "A Cretaceous-aged Palaeotropical dispersal established an endemic lineage of Caribbean praying mantises". Proc. R. Soc. B. 284 (1863): 20171280. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1280. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 5627202. PMID 28954908.
- ^ Ehrmann R. 2002 Mantodea: gottesanbeterinnen der welt. Münster, Germany: Natur und Tier–Verlag GmbH.