| Sphodromantis gastrica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Genus: | Sphodromantis |
| Species: | S. gastrica |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphodromantis gastrica Stål, 1858 |
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Sphodromantis gastrica, common name African mantis or common green mantis, is a species of praying mantis from Africa.[1][2][3] Previously classified as Hierodula bicarinata (Saussure, 1869) and as Sphodromantis guttata (Giglio-Tos, 1907), this species has been found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and East Africa. [4][5]