Description
Metilia sp (Peruvian Dead Leaf Mantis)
Metilia sp (Peruvian Dead Leaf Mantis) for sale
This is a relatively new species in the hobby. The particular species is unknown, but is from the genus; Metilia, and of the family Acanthopidae.
This stunning mantis is one of many ‘dead-leaf’ mimics from South America, and can be found in areas of Peru, Bolivia, and surrounding regions.
superorder Dictyoptera
order Mantodea
family Acanthopidae
genus Metilia Stal, 1877
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- Ecology:
- Terrestrial.
- Citations (12):
- Stal. 1877. Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 4(10):84 >> Note: Harpagidae (sbfam)
- Westwood. 1889. Revis. Mant. 24 >> Note: Acanthopsides
- Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova 13(33):71 >> Note: Acanthopes
- Kirby. 1904. Syn. Cat. Orth. 1:282 >> Note: Mantidae: Creobotrinae
- Chopard. 1913. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1913:60 >> Note: Mantidae: Creobotrinae
- Giglio-Tos. 1927. Tierreich 50:510 >> Note: Mantidae: Epaphroditinae: Epaphroditae (group)
- Beier. 1934. Genera Insect. 196:4 >> Note: Mantidae: Hymenopodinae: Epaphroditini
- Rehn. 1935. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 87:260 >> Note: Mantidae: Epaphroditinae
- Beier. 1964. Bronn’s Klass. Ordn. Tierreiches 5 3(6):938 >> Note: Hymenopodidae: Acromantinae: Epaphroditini
- Beier. 1968. Handb. Zool. 4((2) 2/12):6 >> Note: Hymenopodidae: Acromantinae: Epaphroditini
- Terra. 1995. Revta bras. Ent. 39(1):28 >> Note: Acanthopidae, Acanthopinae
- Ehrmann. 2002. Mantodea der Welt 221
- Type species: Metilia integra Stal (= brunnerii), by original monotypy
- No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
- synonym Acanthogaster Werner, 1927
- species amazonica Beier, 1930
- species boliviana Werner, 1927
- species brunnerii Saussure, 1871
Taxonomy classification reference: http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1185509