Galepsus (mantis)
| Galepsus | |
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| Galepsus, Botswana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Eremiaphilidae |
| Subfamily: | Tarachodinae |
| Tribe: | Tarachodini |
| Subtribe: | Tarachodina |
| Genus: | Galepsus Stal, 1876 |
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Galepsus is a genus of mantids in the family Eremiaphilidae. There are more than 60 described species in Galepsus, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2][3]
Species
These 67 species belong to the genus Galepsus:
- Galepsus aberrans Kaltenbach, 1996
- Galepsus affinis Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus angolensis Werner, 1907
- Galepsus beieri Kaltenbach, 1996
- Galepsus binotatus La Greca, 1950
- Galepsus bioculatus Beier, 1957
- Galepsus bipunctatus Beier, 1931
- Galepsus birkenmeierae Beier, 1969
- Galepsus bispinosus Beier, 1957
- Galepsus brincki Beier, 1955
- Galepsus brunneri Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus bucheti Moulin, 2018
- Galepsus buettneri Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus cacuminatus Beier, 1954
- Galepsus capensis Beier, 1930
- Galepsus capitatus Saussure, 1869
- Galepsus centralis Beier, 1957
- Galepsus cliquennoisi Roy, 2005
- Galepsus congicus Rehn, 1912
- Galepsus coronatus La Greca, 1952
- Galepsus culminans Beier, 1954
- Galepsus damaranus Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus decipiens Beier, 1950
- Galepsus denigratus Beier, 1954
- Galepsus diversus Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus dubius Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus dudleyi Moulin, 2018
- Galepsus erythraeus Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus fallaciosus Beier, 1957
- Galepsus fallax La Greca, 1955
- Galepsus feae Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus femoratus Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus focki Werner, 1923
- Galepsus fumipennis Beier, 1954
- Galepsus globiceps Beier, 1942
- Galepsus gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus inermis Giglio-Tos, 1916
- Galepsus intermedius Werner, 1907
- Galepsus konakrynus Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus laticeps Werner, 1907
- Galepsus lenticularis (Saussure, 1872)
- Galepsus letabaensis Kaltenbach, 1996
- Galepsus machadoi Beier, 1969
- Galepsus malawiensis Beier, 1969
- Galepsus meridionalis (Saussure, 1872)
- Galepsus minima Werner, 1907
- Galepsus minutus Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus montanus Werner, 1907
- Galepsus nigricoxa Giglio-Tos, 1927
- Galepsus nimulensis Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Galepsus nyassensis Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus oxycephalus (Gerstaecker, 1883)
- Galepsus pentheri Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus rhodesicus Beier, 1954
- Galepsus rouxi Werner, 1929
- Galepsus schwetzi Beier, 1957
- Galepsus scorteccii La Greca, 1956
- Galepsus signatus Beier, 1954
- Galepsus sudanensis Beier, 1954
- Galepsus supervacaneus Beier, 1954
- Galepsus tenuis Stal, 1877
- Galepsus thomseni Werner, 1923
- Galepsus transvaalensis Beier, 1954
- Galepsus trilobus Giglio-Tos, 1911
- Galepsus ulricae Kaltenbach, 1996
- Galepsus wittei Beier, 1954
- Galepsus zambesicus Giglio-Tos, 1911
References
- ^ "GBIF, Galepsus". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Galepsus Stal, 1876". Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2020). "Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2024-08-20.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Galepsus at iNaturalist
- Media related to Galepsus at Wikimedia Commons