Order Mantodea Scientific name Gonatista Rank Genus | Family Liturgusidae Higher classification Mantidae | |
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Lower classifications Gonatista grisea, Gonatista major, Gonatista reticulata, Gonatista jaiba, Gonatista phryganoides | ||
Grizzled mantis gonatista grisea
Gonatista is a genus of praying mantises that includes these species:
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According to a 2004 paper by entomologists from the University of Catania and the National Museum of Natural History this genus:
...is widely distributed in North America and the Caribbean area. There are (five) homogeneous species...whose specific differences such as chromatic models and body size, as shown in literature (Caudell 1912), do not help us in their identification. On the basis of the material studied here we have verified that a valid diagnostic character is the morphology of the external copulatory apparatus
Mantis fantasma gonatista grisea bark mantis
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