Decimiana elliptica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amerimantodea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Cohort: Dictyoptera Ordo: Mantodea Subordo: Eumantodea Infraordo: Schizomantodea Parvordo: Artimantodea Nanordo: Amerimantodea

Familia: Acanthopidae
Subfamilia: Acanthopinae
Genus: Decimiana
Species: Decimiana elliptica

Name

• Decimiana elliptica Menezes & Bravo, 2012: figs 1-3

Holotype: MZUEFS #42169; ♂.

Type locality: BRASIL, Bahia, Palmeiras, Posto do Pai Inácio, 12°27.00"S, 41°28.00"W, ca. 900 m a.s.l. 09.XII.2007, Bravo, F., Zacca, T., Silva-Neto, A., Resende, J., & Almeida, C. col.

Etymology: The name makes reference to the shape the anterior lobe of the left dorsal phallomere.

References

• Menezes, Eliomar D.C. & Freddy Bravo, 2012: A new species of Decimiana Uvarov (Insecta, Mantodea, Acanthopidae) from Brazil, with remarks on the distribution of Decimiana bolivari (Chopard). ZooKeys, 236: 55–64. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.236.3477.