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Parasphendale affinis, common name budwing mantis, is a species of praying mantis. [1] It is named for the female's short wings and can grow to 4 inches long and have a low mortality rate as nymphs. They originate from Kenya and are a mottled brown and reddish pink color.
Choeradodis rhombicollis, or Peruvian shield mantis, [1] is a species of praying mantis native to North America, Central America, and South America. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana , Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Suriname .
Rhombodera kirbyi is a species of praying mantises in the family Mantidae, found in Timor, giving it its common name of the Timor Shield Mantis. [1] [2] [3] The kirbyi is a large species of mantis with the female reaching up to 10 cm with the male slightly smaller at 8-8.5 cm. It is found in different morphs ranging from a very pale green to a ...
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Tarachodes afzelii, commonly known as the Tanzanian ground mantis, [2] is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae. [3] It is native to woodland in Western and Central Africa. [ 4 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Bolbe pygmaea is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae. [1] ... List of mantis genera and species; References
The mantis was revered by the southern African Khoi and San in whose cultures man and nature were intertwined; for its praying posture, the mantis was even named Hottentotsgot ("god of the Hottentots") in the Afrikaans language that had developed among the first European settlers. [97]
The Gonypetidae are a new (2019) family of praying mantids, based on the type genus Gonypeta.The name was created by Westwood [1] and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy; [2] the subfamily Iridopteryginae having been moved here from the obsolete family Iridopterygidae.