Yersinia (mantis)

Yersinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Amelidae
Genus: Yersinia
Saussure, 1869
Species:
Y. mexicana
Binomial name
Yersinia mexicana
Synonyms[2]
Genus:
  • Ameles Saussure, 1871
Species:
  • Yersinia aztecus Saussure, 1859

Yersinia is a monotypic genus of mantis from the family Amelidae.[2] It is found from Mexico through Nicaragua.[2]

The genus is represented by the single species, Yersinia mexicana, commonly called the Mexican jumping mantis,[3] or Mexican ground mantis.

References

  1. ↑ Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (May 1869). "Essai d'un Système des Mantides". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft = Bulletin de la Société entomologique suisse. 3: 51, 59, 241 (genus), 72 (species recombination).
  2. 1 2 3 "Yersinia Saussure, 1869". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  3. ↑ "Mexican Jumping Mantis (Yersinia mexicana) i2-i4". Mantis Universe. Retrieved 2026-03-10.


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