Liturgusa

Liturgusa is the type genus of praying mantids of the family Liturgusidae.[1] The genus consists of more than twenty species with a Neotropical distribution.[2]

Liturgusa
Liturgusa maya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Mantodea
Family: Liturgusidae
Genus: Liturgusa
Saussure, 1869
Synonyms
  • Liturgousa Saussure, 1869
  • Hagiomantis Kirby, 1904
  • Liturguda Jantsch, 1991

Liturgusa behaviour is remarkable in that, in contrast to other mantids, they do not ambush their prey, but use an active hunting method at high walking speed.[3]

Species

The Mantodea Species File[1] lists:

  • Liturgusa actuosa Rehn, 1951
  • Liturgusa algorei Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa bororum Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa cameroni Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa cayennensis Saussure, 1869 - type species
  • Liturgusa charpentieri Giglio-Tos, 1927
  • Liturgusa cura Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa cursor Rehn, 1951
  • Liturgusa dominica Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa fossetti Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa guyanensis La Greca, 1939
  • Liturgusa kirtlandi Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa krattorum Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa lichenalis Gerstaecker, 1889
  • Liturgusa manausensis Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa maroni Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa maya Saussure & Zehntner, 1894
  • Liturgusa milleri Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa neblina Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa nubeculosa Gerstaecker, 1889
  • Liturgusa parva Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Liturgusa peruviana Giglio-Tos, 1915
  • Liturgusa purus Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa stiewei Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa tessae Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa trinidadensis Svenson, 2014
  • Liturgusa zoae Svenson, 2014

References
  1. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 18 July 2020)
  2. Svenson, Gavin J. (2014). "Revision of the Neotropical bark mantis genus Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, Liturgusini)". ZooKeys. 390: 1–214. doi:10.3897/zookeys.390.6661.
  3. "Nineteen Speedy New Praying Mantis Species Discovered from Central and South America". Entomology Today. Entomological Society of America. 19 March 2014.
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