{{Short description|Genus of praying mantises}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Zoolea lobipes.jpg | image_caption = ''Zoolea lobipes'' | taxon = Zoolea | authority = Serville, 1839 | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Zoolea'''''<ref>Serville (1839) ''Hist. Ins. Orth.'' 154.</ref> is a South American genus of praying mantises.<ref>[http://www.tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010309154357/http://www.tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html |date=2001-03-09 }} Ehrmann, R. 2002. ''Mantodea: Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt''. Natur und Tier, Münster.</ref>
==Species== The ''Mantodea Species File''<ref name = MSF>[http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1185036 Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 18 July 2020)]</ref> lists: * ''Zoolea descampsi'' <small>Roy & Ehrmann, 2009</small> * ''Zoolea lobipes'' <small>Olivier, 1792</small> - type species * ''Zoolea major'' <small>Giglio-Tos, 1914</small> * ''Zoolea minor'' <small>Giglio-Tos, 1914</small> * ''Zoolea orba'' <small>Burmeister, 1838</small>
==Description== A characteristic of this genus is anterior femora with superior pre-apical lobes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthlife.net/insects/man-fam3.htm |title=Family Mantidae |access-date=December 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023101819/http://www.earthlife.net/insects/man-fam3.htm |archive-date=October 23, 2013 }} Earthlife List of Species</ref> This genus is one which contains species known as Unicorn Mantis.<ref>[http://www.usamantis.com/Log.html] List of mantises and common names</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Mantidae Category:Mantises of South America