Burying mantis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae |
Genus: | Sphodropoda |
Species: | S. tristis
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Binomial name | |
Sphodropoda tristis (
Saussure, 1871)
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Synonyms | |
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The burying mantis (Sphodropoda tristis) is a species of mantis native to Australia. [1] They are grey/brown or green, frequently with mottled patterning on the wings, and a have distinctive pale tubercles on the forelegs. [2] Both sexes can reach lengths of up to 70 mm long. Their common name comes from the behaviour of females, which infrequently bury their oothecae underground.