Brunneria subaptera

Brunneria subaptera, common name small-winged stick mantis, is a species of praying mantis found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela.^[1][2]

Brunneria subaptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Coptopterygidae
Genus:	Brunneria
Species:	B. subaptera
Binomial name
Brunneria subaptera Saussure, 1869

They are a stick winged mantis found in grasslands of South America.

Mantis reproduction has often been referenced for its cannibal event with the recently inseminated female eating her mate. These mantises avoid that, using a breeding process called thelytokous parthenogenesis where offspring results from an unfertilized egg. There is a concern among entomologists that the mantises reproducing in this manner will create an extremely limited gene pool.

See also

• List of mantis genera and species