Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963
Spined dwarf mantis
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Battiston, 2020)
Last record: probably 1871 (Battiston, 2020)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
"Tolentino", Italy
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kaltenbach, A. (1963). Kritische Untersuchungen zur Systematik, Biologie und Verbreitung der europäischen Fangheuschrecken (Dictyoptera-Mantidea). Zoologische Jahrbucher Abteilung fuer Allgemeine Zoologie und Physiologie der Tiere 90: 521-598.
Other references:
Agabiti, B., Salvatrice, I. and Lomabardo F. (2010). The Mediterranean specie of the genus Ameles Burmaister, 1838 (Insecta, Mantodea: Amelinae), with a biogeographic and phylogenetic evaluation. Boletin de la SEA 47: 1-20.
Battiston, R. (2008). Mating behavior of the mantid Ameles decolor (Insecta, Mantodea): courtship and cannibalism. Journal of Orthoptera Research 17(1): 29-33.
Battiston, R. (2014). Ameles fasciipennis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T44791445A44798187. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T44791445A44798187.en. Downloaded on 24 December 2015.
Battiston, R. (2020). Ameles fasciipennis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44791445A170111359. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T44791445A170111359.en. Accessed on 19 June 2022.
Battiston, R., Picciau, L., Fontana, P. and Marshall, J. (2010). Mantids of the Euro-Mediterranean Area. WBA Handbooks, 2, Verona: 1-240.
Luchetti, A., Castellucci, F., Corneti, S. et al. (2024). Multilocus phylogenetics of Palearctic Amelini shed light on the long-standing taxonomic puzzle of the dwarf-mantises Ameles, Pseudoyersinia, and Apteromantis. Org. Divers. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-024-00667-6
Patel, Shveta and Singh, Rajendra. (2016). Updated Checklist and Distribution of Mantidae (Mantodea: Insecta) of the World. International Journal of Research Studies in Zoology (IJRSZ) 2(4): 17-54.
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