Boxer mantis explained

Boxer mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis. The name comes from the way these mantises move their oversized grasping forelimbs as they communicate with each other.

Communication

When boxer mantises encounter one another, they rapidly tremble their forelimbs, displaying the patterned interior faces to each other and waving them in slow arcs. This is believed to be a way of preventing member of the same species from eating each other.^[1]

Species

• Acromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Thai boxer mantis,^[2] Thailand boxer mantis, Sumatran Acromantis)
• Acromantis japonica Westwood, 1889 (Japanese boxer mantis)
• Astyliasula major
• Ephestiasula pictipes (purple boxer mantis)
• Otomantis sp.^[3]
• Oxypilus distinctus (Beier, 1930)^[4] (Gambian boxer mantis ^[5])
• Theopropus elegans (banded flower mantis, Asian boxer mantis)

See also

• Dead leaf mantis
• Flower mantis
• Grass mantis
• Leaf mantis
• Shield mantis
• Stick mantis
• List of mantis genera and species

Notes and References

1. Alien Insect: Praying Mantis, 2004, by Discovery Channel.
2. http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/boxer-mantis.html Thailand Boxer Praying Mantis - Acromantis gestri
3. Web site: List on mantises and common names . 2008-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617203805/http://www.usamantis.com/Log.html# . 2008-06-17 . dead .
4. Web site: Synonym Oxypilus (Oxypilus) distinctus Beier, 1930: Mantodea Species File.
5. Web site: Oxypilus distinctus . 2008-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617203805/http://www.usamantis.com/Log.html# . 2008-06-17 . dead .