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Subfamily Mantinae

Mantis religiosa Tenodera angustipennis - female Tenodera angustipennis? - Tenodera sinensis Mantis - Tenodera angustipennis - male European Mantis - Mantis religiosa - female Juvenile mantis - Tenodera sinensis Mantid nymph - Tenodera Mantis on a Beach - Mantis religiosa - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Mantinae
Numbers
3 genera, with 4 spp. (all non-native) in our area(1), ~30 spp. total(2)
Range
native to the Old World(3); widespread in NA
Works Cited
1.Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada
Kris Anderson. 2018. Independently published.
2.Otte D., Spearman L., Stiewe M.B.D. Mantodea species file online. Version 5.0
3.The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera)
Schwarz C.J., Roy R. 2019. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 55: 101‒196.
Contributed by v belov on 28 February, 2016 - 8:21pm
Last updated 12 November, 2023 - 9:11pm

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