Mantis (genus)

The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea.

Mantis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Tribe: Mantini
Genus: Mantis
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Mantes Geoffroy, 1764

Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".

Species

Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms):[1]

  • Mantis beieri Roy, 1999 – Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Mantis callifera Wood-Mason, 1882
  • Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888
  • Mantis dilaticollis Gistel, 1856
  • Mantis emortualis Saussure, 1869
  • Mantis griveaudi Paulian, 1958
  • Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 – Angola, Guinea, Congo
  • Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973[2] – Tajikistan
  • Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974 – Tajikistan
  • Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia
  • Mantis pia Serville, 1839
  • Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — European mantis, or "praying mantis"
    Brown adult female Mantis religiosa
    Brown adult female Mantis religiosa
  • Mantis splendida de Haan, 1842
  • Mantis tricolor Linne, 1767

See also

References

    • Otte D., Spearman L. and Stiewe M.B.D Mantidae in Mantodea Species File Online. Version 1.0/3.5
  1. Mantodea database

Media related to Mantis at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.