Amantis malayana

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Amantis malayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Gonypetidae
Genus: Amantis
Species:
A. malayana
Binomial name
Amantis malayana

Amantis malayana is a species of praying mantis native to Indonesia, on the islands of Bacan, Kaisa,[Note 1] and Sulawesi.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The place name "Kaisa" does not seem to appear in modern records. However, Alfred Russel Wallace visited the Kaisa Islands in about 1859. Wallace seems to be the first to have documented this insect, likely in 1889. Little is known about this insect, other than that it lives in terrestrial environments in Indonesia. [1] "Kaisa" was alternatively spelled "Kaisaa", and has been identified as Kayoa,[2] within the Bacan archipelago. A. malayana was reported on "Kaisa" in 1889.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wallace, A. R. (April 1860). "Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, £c". Ibis. 2 (2): 199. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1860.tb06369.x. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. ^ Baker, D. B. (24 December 2001). "Alfred Russel Wallace's record of his consignments to Samuel Stevens 1854-61". Zool. Med. Leiden. 75 (16): 251–341. ISSN 0024-0672. Retrieved 11 January 2017. Stevens was Wallace's agent in London.
  3. ^ a b "Mantidae Burmeister". Texas A&M University.