Mantis (genus)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Genus: | Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Mantis octospilota | |
The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea.
Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis."
Species
Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 15 species:[1]
- Mantis beieri Roy, 1999
- Mantis callifera Wood-Mason, 1882
- Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888
- Mantis dilaticollis Gistel, 1856
- Mantis emortualis Saussure, 1869
- Mantis griveaudi Paulian, 1958
- Mantis indica Mukherjee, 1995
- Mantis insignis Beier, 1954
- Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973
- Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974
- Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid".
- Mantis pia Serville, 1839
- Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — European mantis, or "praying mantis".
- Mantis splendida de Haan, 1842
- Mantis tricolor Linnaeus, 1767
See also
- African mantises — in other genera.
- European mantis
- List of mantis genera and species
References
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