Decimiana elliptica

Taxonavigation

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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.