Spined dwarf mantis
| Spined dwarf mantis | |
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| Specimen in the Vienna Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Amelidae |
| Genus: | Ameles |
| Species: | †A. fasciipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963
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The spined dwarf mantis (Ameles fasciipennis) is an extinct species of praying mantis that was endemic to Italy.[2]
It has only been collected once, probably in 1871 in the Tolentino area, and has not been seen since, despite extensive entomological surveys of the region.[3]
Conservation
The IUCN Red List has declared this species extinct.
References
- ^ Battiston, R. (2020). "Ameles fasciipennis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T44791445A170111359. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ [1] Texas A&M University
- ^ [2] Ameles fasciipennis