Phthersigena

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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Nanomantidae
Subfamily:	Fulciniinae
Genus:	Phthersigena Stal, 1871

Species

The Mantodea Species File^[2] lists:

subgenus Glabromantis Sjostedt, 1918

• Phthersigena minor Sjostedt, 1918
• Phthersigena nebulosa Sjostedt, 1918

subgenus Phthersigena Stal, 1871

• Phthersigena centralis Giglio-Tos, 1915
• Phthersigena conspersa Stal, 1871 - type species
• Phthersigena insularis Beier, 1965
• Phthersigena melania Tindale, 1923
• Phthersigena pallidifemur Tindale, 1923
• Phthersigena timorensis Beier, 1952
• Phthersigena unicornis Tindale, 1923