Sibylla[1] is a genus of mantises in the family Hymenopodidae[2] and characteristic of the subfamily Sibyllinae.
| Sibylla | |
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| S. pretiosa in South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Hymenopodidae |
| Tribe: | Sibylini |
| Genus: | Sibylla Stål, 1856 |
Description
editSibylla species have a long and thin prothorax with lateral and dorsal projections. The head bears an erect process with four sideways spikes.[3]
Classification
editThe Mantodea Species File lists:[4]
- Subgenus Sibylla
- Sibylla dives (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
- Sibylla dolosa (Roy, 1975)
- Sibylla gratiosa (Rehn, 1912)
- Sibylla limbata (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
- Sibylla maculosa (Roy, 1996)
- Sibylla marmorata (Roy, 1996)
- Sibylla polyacantha (Gerstaecker, 1889)
- Sibylla pretiosa (Stål, 1856) - type species
- Subgenus Sibyllopsis
- Sibylla griffinii (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
- Sibylla operosa (Roy, 1996)
- Sibylla pannulata (Karsch 1894)
- Sibylla punctata (Roy, 1996)
- Sibylla vanderplaetseni (Roy, 1963)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Stål C (1856) Ofvers. K. VetensAkad. Forh. Stockh. 13: 168.
- ^ ITIS Catalogue of Life
- ^ Picker, Mike; et al. (2004). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.
- ^ Mantodea.speciesfile.org: Genus Sibylla