Spined dwarf mantis

The spined dwarf mantis (Ameles fasciipennis) is an extinct species of praying mantis that was endemic to Italy.^[2]

Spined dwarf mantis
Specimen in the Vienna Museum of Natural History
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Amelidae
Genus:	Ameles
Species:	†A. fasciipennis
Binomial name
†Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963

It has only been collected once, probably in 1871 in the Tolentino area, and has not been seen since, despite extensive entomological surveys of the region.^[3]

Conservation

The IUCN Red List has declared this species extinct.