Mantis (genus) explained

The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea.

Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".

Species

Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms):^[1]

• Mantis beieri Roy, 1999 – Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Mantis callifera Wood-Mason, 1882
• Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888
• Mantis dilaticollis Gistel, 1856
• Mantis emortualis Saussure, 1869
• Mantis griveaudi Paulian, 1958
• Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 – Angola, Guinea, Congo
• Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973^[2] – Tajikistan
• Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974 – Tajikistan
• Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia
• Mantis pia Serville, 1839
• Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — European mantis, or "praying mantis"
• Mantis splendida de Haan, 1842
• Mantis tricolor Linne, 1767

See also

• African mantises — in other genera.
• European mantis
• List of mantis genera and species (incomplete)

Notes and References

1. • Otte D., Spearman L. and Stiewe M.B.D Mantidae in Mantodea Species File Online. Version 1.0/3.5
2. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184156 Mantodea database