Mantis (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Family Mantidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus		Order Mantodea Scientific name Mantis Higher classification Mantidae

Lower classifications European mantis, 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 9 species (others are synonyms):

Mantis beieri Roy, 1999 – Congo

Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888

Mantis indica Mukherjee, 1995 – India

Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 – Angola, Guinea, Congo

Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973 – Tadschikistan

Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974 – Tadschikistan

Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia, New Guinea

Mantis pia Serville, 1839

Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — European mantis, or "praying mantis".

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