Amphecostephanus

Amphecostephanus is a monotypic genus of praying mantises in the family Chroicopteridae. It s represented by a single species, Amphecostephanus rex,[1] that is found in Angola and Malawi.[2][3] It was first described in "On some African Mantidae and Phasmidae in the Collection of the Deutschen Entomologischen Museum" in Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin in 1912.[4]

Amphecostephanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Chroicopteridae
Subfamily: Chroicopterinae
Genus: Amphecostephanus
Rehn, 1912
Species:
A. rex
Binomial name
Amphecostephanus rex
Rehn, 1912

See also

References
  1. Rehn JAG (1912) Arch. Naturgesch. 78A(6): 120.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Tree of Life Web Project. 2005
  3. Texas A&M University
  4. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin
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