Nanomantis Saussure, 1871

Connors, Matthew G., 2023, Studies in Australian Mantodea: New synonyms, notes on distributions, and an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5239 (4), pp. 477-499 : 478

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scientific name	Nanomantis Saussure, 1871
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Nanomantis australis Saussure, 1871

This poorly-known species is rather dissimilar to other Nanomantinae (all of which are known from Asia) ( Schwarz & Roy 2019) and is probably better placed in the Australasian Fulciniinae , with which it shares a characteristic forewing venation pattern ( Giglio-Tos 1927; Schwarz & Roy 2019). Its current position is retained for now owing to lack of specimens and the required nomenclatural changes (it is the type of the genus and hence of the entire family). Profulcinia Giglio-Tos, 1915 and Gyrothespis Werner, 1928 are not synonyms of Nanomantis as has been often repeated; instead they are synonyms of Fulciniola Giglio-Tos, 1915 ( Fulciniinae : Stenomantini ) and Fulcinia Stål, 1877 ( Fulciniinae : Fulciniini ) respectively.

References

Giglio-Tos, E. (1915) Mantidi Esotici: Generi e Specie Nuove. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 46, 31 - 108.

Giglio-Tos, E. (1927) Orthoptera. Mantidae. Das Tierriech, 50, 1 - 747. https: // doi. org / 10.1515 / 9783111430669

Schwarz, C. J. & Roy, R. (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, New Series, 55 (2), 101 - 196. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00379271.2018.1556567

Stal, C. (1877) Systema Mantodeorum. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4 (10), 1 - 91.

Werner, F. (1928) Zur Kenntnis der Mantodeenfauna des Hinterlandes von Kamerun und des Sepikgebietes von Neuguinea. Nebst Beschreibung einiger interessanter Arten aus anderen Landern. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 14 (1), 13 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 4830140102