Decimiana elliptica is a species of praying mantis in the genus Decimiana in the order Mantodea.[1][2] The type specimens were collected from the Chapanda Diamantina Mountain Range in Bahia, northeastern Brazil, near a mountain known as Morro do Pai Inácio.[1]
| Decimiana elliptica | |
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| Adult female Decimiana elliptica holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Acanthopidae |
| Genus: | Decimiana |
| Species: | D. elliptica
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| Binomial name | |
| Decimiana elliptica Menezes & Bravo, 2012
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References
edit- ^ a b Menezes, Eliomar; Bravo, Freddy (2 November 2012). "A new species of Decimiana Uvarov (Insecta, Mantodea, Acanthopidae) from Brazil, with remarks on the distribution of Decimiana bolivari (Chopard)". ZooKeys (236): 55–64. doi:10.3897/zookeys.236.3477. ISSN 1313-2970.
- ^ "Decimiana elliptica Menezes & Bravo, 2012". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Mantodea Species File. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
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