Bimantis

Bimantis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Gonypetidae.[2] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Bimantis malaccana. Bimantis malaccana was originally described in 1904 as belonging to the genus Ameles and is found in Asia.

Bimantis
Type material (Smithsonian Institution).[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Gonypetidae
Subfamily: Gonypetinae
Genus: Bimantis
Giglio-Tos, 1915
Species:
B. malaccana
Binomial name
Bimantis malaccana
(Rehn, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Ameles malaccana Rehn 1903

References
  1. Svenson GJ (2014) The type material of Mantodea (praying mantises) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA. ZooKeys 433, 31-75.
  2. "genus Bimantis Giglio-Tos, 1915: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
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