Liturgusa
| Liturgusa | |
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| Liturgusa maya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Liturgusidae |
| Genus: | Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 |
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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 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
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 18 July 2020)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nineteen Speedy New Praying Mantis Species Discovered from Central and South America". Entomology Today. Entomological Society of America. 19 March 2014.
