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Subfamily Mantinae

Representative Images

Tiny Praying Mantis - Mantis religiosa Mantid in native prairie - Tenodera sinensis Mantis religiosa European Mantid - Mantis religiosa - female praying mantis (brown) - Mantis religiosa European Mantis? - Mantis religiosa - male Tenodera angustipennis or Tenodera sinensis? - Tenodera sinensis mantis - Tenodera angustipennis

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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