Leptomantella
Genus of praying mantises
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Leptomantella[2] is a genus of praying mantids and typical of the new (2019) family Leptomantellidae. Species have been recorded from Asia.[3][4]
| Leptomantella | |
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| Leptomantella cf. tonkinae found in Cát Tiên National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Leptomantellidae |
| Genus: | Leptomantella Burmeister, 1838 |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915[1] | |
Previously placed here as a subgenus, the genus Aetaella was erected by Hebard in 1920 and has now been restored.[5][6]
Species
The Mantodea Species File[3] lists:
- Leptomantella albella (Burmeister, 1838) - type species (as Mantis albella Burmeister)
- Leptomantella ceylonica Beier, 1956
- Leptomantella fragilis Westwood, 1889
- Leptomantella indica Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Leptomantella lactea Saussure, 1870
- Leptomantella montana Beier, 1942
- Leptomantella nigrocoxata Mukherjee, 1995
- Leptomantella parva Uvarov, 1933
- Leptomantella tonkinae Hebard, 1920
- Leptomantella xizangensis Wang, 1993
