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Boxer Mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis. The name comes from the way these mantises move their oversized grasping forelimbs as they communicate with each other.

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Communication

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When boxer matises encounter one another, they rapidly tremble their forelimbs, displaying the patterned interior faces to each other and waving them in slow arcs. This is believed to be a way of preventing member of the same species from eating each other.

Species

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  • Acromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Thai boxer mantis, Thailand boxer mantis, Sumatran Acromantis)
  • Acromantis japonica Westwood, 1889 (Japanese boxer mantis)
  • Ephestiasula pictipes (purple boxer mantis)
  • Otomantis sp.
  • Oxypilus distinctus (Beier, 1930) (Gambian boxer mantis )
  • Theopropus elegans (banded flower mantis, Asian boxer mantis)

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    Boxer mantis Wikipedia
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