Abstract

MEDELLIN, Carolina; AVENDANO, José  and  SARMIENTO, Carlos E.. GENERA OF DEPOSITED MANTODEA IN THE NATURAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL OF COLOMBIA. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2007, vol.11, n.1, pp.148-159. ISSN 0123-3068.

A genus check list of the Mantodea (Dictyoptera) deposited in the entomological collection of the ICN of the Universidad Nacional of Colombia, Bogotá campus, is presented. A total of 276 specimens of several regions of the country collected since 1945 comprise 6 families, 15 subfamilies, and 26 genera. The collection represents 100% of the families and subfamilies, and 55% of the genera reported for Colombia.

Keywords : Neotropics; Praying mantis; Genera check list.

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