Sprinkled Small Praying Mantis Phthersigena conspersa Stål, 1871
Fauna Portal species: 2410
Phthersigena conspersa female, lateral (HBI N18281-4; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Caroline Harding, Museum Victoria (2009)
Fauna Portal Image No. 13207Diagnosis
Phthersigena conspersa is the only Australian species in the genus Phthersigena.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2024): Review of the genera Glabromantis, Paraoxypilus, and Phthersigena (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae). Records of the Australian Museum. 76: 69 - 103DOI