List_of_mantids_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago

List of mantids of Trinidad and Tobago

List of mantids of Trinidad and Tobago

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The mantids of Trinidad and Tobago are part of the invertebrate fauna of both islands, part of the Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago.

Location of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean

Beginning with Lawrence Bruner in 1906 [1] describing 8 species on the island of Trinidad, then followed by Beebe, Crane & Hughes-Schrader in 1952[2] and Kevan in 1953.[3] Both papers in the 1950s increased the number of species identified.

Mantids by family

Mantoididae

Thespidae

Acanthopidae

Mantidae

Stagmomantis carolina

Liturgusidae

References

  1. [1]
    Bruner L. (1906). "Report on the Orthoptera of Trinidad, West Indies." Journal of the New York Entomological Society, New York. Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 135-165.
  2. [2]
    Beebe W., Crane J. & Hughes-Schrader S. (1952). "An Annotated List of the Mantids (Orthoptera, Mantoidea) of Trinidad, B.W.I." Zoologica, . Vol 37 pp. 245-258.
  3. [3]
    Kevan D. K. McE. (1953). "A preliminary list of the Mantodea of Trinidad, B.W.I." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, . Vol 6 Iss. 71, pp. 809-816
  4. [4]
    Lombardo F., Ippolito S. (2004). "Revision of the species of Acanthops Serville 1831 (Mantodea, Mantidae, Acanthopinae) with comments on their phylogeny." Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Vol. 97, No. 6, pp. 1076-1102.
  5. [5]
    Svenson g.j. (2014). "Revision of the Neotropical bark mantis genus Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, Liturgusini)." Zookeys. Vol. 390, pp. 1-214.
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