Cilnia humeralis
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| Species: | Cilnia humeralis Saussure, 1871
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Cilnia humeralis, common name wide-armed mantis, is an aggressive and very cannibalistic species of praying mantis from Africa.[1][2]
A breeder in the United Kingdom describes C. humeralis as "a very stockily built species with huge forelegs; possibly the most powerful and aggressive species I have kept." [3][4]
Subspecies
This species of mantis contains two subspecies.
Cilnia humeralis femoralis (Werner, 1906)
This subspecies of mantis is found in Tanzania.[5]
Cilnia humeralis humeralis (Saussure, 1871)
This subspecies of mantis is found in Ethiopia,[6] Mozambique,[7] South Africa,[8] Namibia.[9]
Synonyms of this subspecies include:
- Cilnia humeralis brevipennis (Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899)
- Cilnia humeralis ignota (Rehn, 1904)
- Cilnia humeralis latipes (Stal, 1876)
See also
References
- ^ [1] Cilnia Humeralis (Wide armed mantis)
- ^ [2] Cilnia humeralis
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
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- ^ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1826
- ^ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1827
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