Gonatista reticulata
| Gonatista reticulata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Epaphroditidae |
| Genus: | Gonatista |
| Species: | G. reticulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonatista reticulata Thunberg, 1815
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gonatista reticulata is a species of praying mantis from the Caribbean.[1][2] It is known from Saint Barthélemy, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.[2]
Description
According to Andrew Nelson Caudell (1912):
This species is represented in the collection of the National Museum by two males from (Puerto Rico). It is closest to grisea but the two specimens before me are lighter in color and the infuscation of the elytra is more profuse, covering about one half the total area. It is also a little larger. I place [Gonatista] bifasciata Haan and [Gonatista] cubensis Saussure as synonyms of this form. The measurements of the two males studied by me are as follows: Length, pronotum, 11–12 mm.; elytra, 36–40 mm.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "species Gonatista reticulata Thunberg, 1815". Mantodea Species File. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
- ^ a b Moulin, Nicolas; Meurgey, François; Hugel, Sylvain (2021). "Mantodea from Eastern Caribbean Islands". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. New Series. 57 (3): 235–257. doi:10.1080/00379271.2021.1932590.
- ^ Caudell, A. N. (1912). "Notes on the mantid genus Gonatista Sauss" (PDF). Psyche. 19 (5): 160–162. doi:10.1155/1912/54383.