The Eocene Protohierodula crabbi Ross, 2019 cannot be reliably assigned to Manteidae (Insecta: Mantodea)

Thomas Schubnel , André Nel (1)

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

ABSTRACT The late Eocene mantis genus and species Protohierodula crabbi can be attributed to the extant clade Artimantodea incertae sedis sit. nov., but its original placement in the Manteidae is not supported. It remains the oldest reliable described Artimantodea.The late Eocene mantis genus and species Protohierodula crabbi can be attributed to the extant clade Artimantodea incertae sedis sit. nov., but its original placement in the Manteidae is not supported. It remains the oldest reliable described Artimantodea.

Domaines: Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

Thomas Schubnel, André Nel. The Eocene Protohierodula crabbi Ross, 2019 cannot be reliably assigned to Manteidae (Insecta: Mantodea). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2019, 110 (3-4), pp.313-314. ⟨10.1017/S1755691019000215⟩. ⟨mnhn-03992783⟩