Spined dwarf mantis
Spined dwarf mantis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae |
Genus: | Ameles |
Species: | A. fasciipennis |
Binomial name | |
Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963 | |
The spined dwarf mantis (Ameles fasciipennis) is a species of praying mantis that is endemic to Italy.[2]
It has only been collected once, probably in 1871 in the Tolentino area, and has not been seen since, despite extensive entomological surveys of the region.[3]
Conservation
The IUCN Red List has declared this species critically endangered, possibly extinct.
If it is still extant, it is threatened by intensive cultivation of its habitat.
References
- ↑ Battiston, R. (2014). "Ameles fasciipennis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T44791445A44798187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T44791445A44798187.en. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ Texas A&M University
- ↑ Ameles fasciipennis
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