Genus Phyllovates

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Mexican Unicorn Mantis - Phyllovates chlorophaea

Unicorn eating skipper - Phyllovates chlorophaea - female

Phyllovates Chlorophaea - Phyllovates chlorophaea - female

Phyllovates Chlorophaea - Phyllovates chlorophaea - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Mantodea (Mantids)

Family Mantidae

Genus Phyllovates

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Kirby, 1904. From phyllo- Greek, leaf, plus Vates Burmeister 1838, a similar genus of neotropical mantids (based on Internet searches). Latin vates meant a prophet or soothsayer, and may be from a Celtic language, referring to a Druidic priest (see Wikipedia).

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists one species, P. chlorophaea Blanchard 1836.

See Also

Pseudovates

Print References

Helfer, p. 26 (1)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies By Jacques R. Helfer

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 18 August, 2006 - 2:09pm
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Last updated 21 November, 2006 - 9:08am

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