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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids and Cockroaches (Dictyoptera) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Thesprotia

Genus Thesprotia

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Grass-like Mantis - Thesprotia graminis - male Grasslike Mantid - Thesprotia graminis - female Grass-like Mantid - Thesprotia graminis - female Grass-like Mantid - Thesprotia graminis - male Thesprotia graminis Thesprotia graminis Thesprotia graminis 6023718 mantid ?Thesprotia? - Thesprotia graminis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dictyoptera (Mantids and Cockroaches)
Suborder Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Mantidae
Genus Thesprotia
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Stål, 1877.
Numbers
Neartica only lists one North American species: graminis.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 14 July, 2004 - 8:26am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 2 December, 2006 - 8:11pm

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