Apteromantis, Battiston & Ortego & Correas & Cordero, 2014

Battiston, Roberto, Ortego, Joaquín, Correas, José R. & Cordero, Pedro J., 2014, A revision of Apteromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae, Amelinae): A comprehensive approach to manage old taxonomic and conservation problems, Zootaxa 3797 (1), pp. 65-77 : 74

Key to the species of the genus Apteromantis (based on examined specimens):

1 Eyes of female moderately conical and projected into a triangular tubercle; area between compound eyes with a flat profile. Angle formed at the apex of the lower distal branch of the hypophallus almost right; tip of pseudophallus almost triangular (specimens from Iberia)......................................................................... A. aptera

- Eyes markedly conical and projected into a spiny tubercle; area between compound eyes with a concave profile. Angle formed at the apex of the lower distal branch of the hypophallus acute; tip of pseudophallus very thin, thread-like (specimens from Northwest Africa)............................................................................. A. bolivari