Vespamantoida toulgoeti

Vespamantoida toulgoeti

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantoididae

Vespamantoida wherleyi is a species of praying mantis that mimics a wasp. It was discovered in 2013 at a research station near the Amazon River in northern Peru. The discovery resulted in erecting a new genus, Vespamantoida.

Distribution

Vespamantoida toulgoeti — (c) Svenson GJ, Rodrigues HM., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Svenson GJ, Rodrigues HM., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionVespamantoida wherleyi, Wikipedia contributors

Vespamantoida toulgoeti

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