# Apteromantis aptera

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{{Short description|Species of praying mantis}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Apteromantis aptera from São Brissos (Beja).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Battiston, R. |date=2014 |title=''Apteromantis aptera'' |volume=2014 |article-number=e.T1935A21426204 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T1935A21426204.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Apteromantis aptera
| authority = ([Fuente](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Hugo_de_la_Fuente_Morales), 1894)
| synonyms = * ''Ameles aptera'' <small>Fuente, 1894</small>
}}

'''''Apteromantis aptera''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [praying mantis](/source/praying_mantis) [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the [Iberian Peninsula](/source/Iberian_Peninsula).<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.sea-entomologia.org/aracnet/12/06articulo5.pdf |title=First record of ''Apteromantis aptera'' (Fuente, 1894) for Portugal and confirmation of the occurrence of ''Perlamantis alliberti'' Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (Dictyoptera, Mantodea) |author1=José Manuel Grosso-Silva  |author2=Patrícia Soares-Vieira |journal=Boletín de la S.E.A. |volume=35 |year=2004 |page=277}}</ref> It was first [described](/source/species_description) by [José María Hugo de la Fuente Morales](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Hugo_de_la_Fuente_Morales) in 1894. It was previously considered to be endangered by the [IUCN](/source/IUCN), but has been downgraded to least concern, as the populations are rising and they are spreading to new habitats in south-central [Spain](/source/Spain) and southern [Portugal](/source/Portugal).<ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021" />
thumb|upright=1.2|left|Geographic distribution of the Iberic endemism ''Apteromantis aptera'' marked on orange.
This species may be brown, grey or green in colour. They can be distinguished from other mantids by the very angular eyes that taper to (upward and outwards facing) points. The nymphs hide low down in grasses and jump with agility, making them difficult to tell apart from small grasshoppers.

==See also==
*[List of mantis genera and species](/source/List_of_mantis_genera_and_species)

==References==
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Category:Mantises of Europe
Category:Endemic insects of the Iberian Peninsula
Category:Insects described in 1894
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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