| Ameles | |
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| Adult European dwarf mantis (A. spallanzania) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Amelidae |
| Tribe: | Amelini |
| Genus: | Ameles Burmeister, 1838 |
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Ameles is a wide-ranging genus of praying mantises represented in Africa, Asia, and Europe.[1]
Species[edit]
- Ameles aegyptiaca Werner, 1913
- Ameles arabica Uvarov, 1939
- Ameles assoi Bolivar, 1873
- Ameles decolor Charpentier, 1825
- Ameles dumonti Chopard, 1943
- Ameles fasciipennis Kaltenbach, 1963 – spined dwarf mantis
- Ameles gracilis (Brulle, 1838)
- Ameles heldreichi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
- Ameles insularis Agabiti, Salvatrice & Lombardo, 2010
- Ameles kervillei Bolivar, 1911
- Ameles maroccana Uvarov, 1931
- Ameles massai Battiston & Fontana, 2005
- Ameles moralesi Bolivar, 1936
- Ameles paradecolor Agabiti, Salvatrice & Lombardo, 2010
- Ameles persa Bolivar, 1911
- Ameles picteti Saussure, 1869
- Ameles poggii Lombardo, 1986
- Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 – European dwarf mantis
- Ameles syriensis Giglio-Tos, 1915
- Ameles wadisirhani Kaltenbach, 1982
