Kingdom Animalia Family Mantidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Mantis | Class Insecta Subfamily Stagmatopterinae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Mantis, Stagmatoptera, Oxyopsis, Zoolea, Raptrix | ||
Parastagmatoptera is a genus consisting of 15 species of mantises in the subfamily Stagmatopterinae.
Species
Only one specimen of P. abnormis has ever been collected—a single male specimen collected in Suriname by Max Beier in 1963. A study published in 2011 strongly suggests that P. abnormis is actually a specimen of P. flavoguttata which demonstrates abnormal morphology due to infection by a horsehair worm (Nematomorpha).
References
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