Paramantis nyassana

Paramantis nyassana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Paramantis
Species: P. nyassana
Binomial name
Paramantis nyassana
Giglio-Tos, 1912

Paramantis nyassana is a species of praying mantis in genus Paramantis. Before a 1998 paper showed it was present in Zimbabwe it was "hitherto unknown in Africa south of the Zambezi River".[1]

References

  1. Unterlagen für eine Monographie der Mantodea (Insecta) des südlichen Afrika: 2. Bestimmungstabellen für die höheren Taxa, Nachträge zum Artenbestand.


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