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Genus of praying mantises
The
genus Mantis is in the family
Mantidae, of the
mantis order
Mantodea.
Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".
Mantis is a small genus of
mantises, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms):
[1]
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Mantis beieri Roy, 1999 – Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Mantis callifera Wood-Mason, 1882
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Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888
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Mantis dilaticollis Gistel, 1856
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Mantis emortualis Saussure, 1869
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Mantis griveaudi Paulian, 1958
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Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 – Angola, Guinea, Congo
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Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973
[2] – Tajikistan
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Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974 – Tajikistan
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Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia
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Mantis pia Serville, 1839
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Mantis religiosa (
Linnaeus,
1758) —
European mantis, or "praying mantis"
Brown adult female Mantis religiosa
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Mantis splendida de Haan, 1842
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Mantis tricolor Linne, 1767
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