Schizocephala
Schizocephala | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Eremiaphilidae |
Subfamily: | Iridinae |
Tribe: | Schizocephalini |
Genus: | Schizocephala Serville, 1831[1] |
Species: | S. bicornis |
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Schizocephala bicornis | |
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Schizocephala is a genus of praying mantises in the monotypic tribe Schizocephalini. It is represented by a single species, Schizocephala bicornis.[2] It is distributed across Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Sunda Islands.[3]
Gallery
[edit]- Schizocephala bicornis at Bangalore
- Indian Stick Mantis closeup
- Indian Stick Mantis Size
- Original description by Carl Linnaeus
References
[edit]- ^ Serville, J. G. A.-S. (1831). "Revue méthodique des insectes de l'ordre des Orthoptères". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 22 (86): 28–65, 134–167, 262–292.
- ^ "species Schizocephala bicornis Linne, 1758: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ Mukherjee, Tushar Kanti; Iyer, Geetha; Chatterjee, Parbati (2017-02-26). "Twenty-three new records of mantodea (Insecta) from some states of India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 9 (2): 9829–9839. doi:10.11609/jott.1936.9.2.9829-9839. ISSN 0974-7907.