Phthersigena[1] is an Australasian genus of praying mantids: in the subfamily Fulciniinae and tribe Paraoxypilini. It is one of several genera containing certain species called "unicorn mantids", due to a process on their heads.

Phthersigena
Phthersigena conspersa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Nanomantidae
Subfamily: Fulciniinae
Genus: Phthersigena
Stal, 1871

Species

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The Mantodea Species File[2] lists:

subgenus Glabromantis Sjostedt, 1918
subgenus Phthersigena Stal, 1871

References

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  1. ^ Stal C (1871) Ofvers. K. VetensAkad. Forh. Stockh. 28: 400.
  2. ^ Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 18 July 2020)
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