African mantis | |
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Adult in the Kruger Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae |
Genus: | Sphodromantis |
Species: | S. gastrica
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Binomial name | |
Sphodromantis gastrica (
Stål, 1858)
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Sphodromantis gastrica, with the common names African mantis or common green mantis, is a species of praying mantis from Africa. [1] [2] [3]
It averages 65–75 millimetres (2.6–3.0 in) in body length, and has a very diverse diet, hunting any prey of reasonable size. [4] It has a lifespan of approximately 332 days and usually females live longer than males. Their survival rate until adulthood is about 41.8%. [5]
Previously classified as Hierodula bicarinata (Saussure, 1869) and as Sphodromantis guttata (Giglio-Tos, 1907), this species has been found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and East Africa. [6] [7]
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