Brunneria borealis

Brunneria borealis
Brunneria borealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Brunneria
Species: B. borealis
Binomial name
Brunneria borealis
Scudder, 1896

Brunneria borealis, common name Brunner's Mantis[1] or Brunner's Stick Mantis,[2][3] is a species of praying mantis native to the Southern United States. It is the only species known to reproduce solely through parthenogenesis; there are no males.[4]

Brunneria borealis from S.E. Texas

See also

References

  1. Dichotomous Key to Species of Mantids that may occur in Florida
  2. Department of Entomology and Nematology of the University of Florida
  3. Phasmids in Cyberspace
  4. Mantis Study Group MSG NL 2 (November 1996)