Description

Cilnia humeralis (Wide-armed Mantis) for sale

Cilnia humeralis….common name wide-armed mantis, is an aggressive and very cannibalistic species of praying mantis from Africa.

A very “stocky” mantis, with the female having wings that only reach halfway down her abdomen, this is a very active, but delightful species to keep in the hobby.

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Cilnia is a genus of Mantodea (praying mantis) that is native to Africa.

It contains two species:^[1]

• Cilnia chopardi
• Cilnia humeralis

subfamily Miomantinae
tribe Miomantini

genus Cilnia Stal, 1876

species C. humeralis Saussure, 1871

  urn:lsid:Mantodea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:1560

• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Saussure. 1871. Mem. Soc. Hist. nat. Geneve 21:339 >> Note: Cardioptera
• See subspecies humeralis for additional information.

• subspecies femoralis Werner, 1906
• subspecies humeralis Saussure, 1871
  • synonym brevipennis Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899
  • synonym ignota Rehn, 1904
  • synonym latipes Stal, 1876

Reference: http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184312