Tropidomantis kawaharai is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae. It is endemic to the remote Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It was described from two specimens collected from the island of Hiva Oa. It is notable for being the first praying mantis species known from the archipelago.[1][2]
| Tropidomantis kawaharai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Nanomantidae |
| Genus: | Tropidomantis |
| Species: | T. kawaharai
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidomantis kawaharai Brannoch, 2018
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References
edit- ^ Brannoch, Sydney K; Svenson, Gavin J (2018-10-29). "First record of a praying mantis, Tropidomantis kawaharai Brannoch sp. nov. (Mantodea: Iridopterygidae), in the mid-Pacific Marquesas Archipelago". Austral Entomology. 58 (2): 298–306. doi:10.1111/aen.12373. ISSN 2052-174X. S2CID 91379162.
- ^ "species Tropidomantis (Tropidomantis) kawaharai Brannoch, 2018: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2018-12-21.