One More Allochthonous Praying Mantis in Serbian Fauna: Ameles Spallanzania (Rossi, 1792) (Mantodea: Amelidae)

The allochthonous mantis Ameles spallanzania (Rossi, 1792), from the family Amelidae, has been recorded for the first time in Serbia, in the urban settlement of Klisa, in the city of Novi Sad. Although the manner of the species’ introduction cannot be determined with certainty, we assume it was imported with ornamental plant nursery stock, considering the immediate proximity of a plant nursery. This is the second species of the genus Ameles Burmeister, 1838 recorded in Serbia, the first non-native representative of its genus (and the second non-native mantis species after the already widespread Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869), and the fifth mantis species recorded in the fauna of Serbia in total.