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Vespamantoida wherleyi
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, United States
Dr. Gavin Svenson, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Director of Research & Collections and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, discovered a new species of praying mantis on an insect survey expedition in the Amazon Rainforest. The mantis, named Vespamantoida wherleyi, is brightly colored and mimics wasps to ward off predators—a combination that has never been seen before. The discovery and analysis have had widespread implications for the Mantoididae family.
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Details
- Title: Vespamantoida wherleyi
- Date: 2013-02-10/2013-02-17
- Location Created: Madre Selva Biological Research Station
- Type: Natural object
- External Link: https://www.cmnh.org/science-news/announcements/museum-researcher-discovers-praying-mantis-with-no
- Type Status: holotype
- Taxonomy: Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Mantodea, Mantoidoidea, Mantoididae, Vespamantoida
- Specimen Number: CMNHENT0129976
- Preparation: pin
- Image Credit: Rick Wherley, CMNH
- Geography: Loreto, Peru
- Department: Invertebrate Zoology
- Collector: Gavin J. Svenson
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