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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae

Family Mantidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Praying Mantis - Stagmomantis limbata - female Mantis species? - Mantis religiosa - female Baby Mantid - Stagmomantis limbata European Mantis ? - Stagmomantis californica - female Red mantid nymph - Stagmomantis limbata Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) - Tenodera sinensis - female Mantis - Stagmomantis limbata - female Mantis Oothecae ID Request - Tenodera sinensis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Mantidae
Explanation of Names
see Mantis
Numbers
Largest family of Mantodea, with 5 of the 18 subfamiles represented in our area(1)
Range
worldwide
Habitat
Mostly tropical and subtropical
Food
Carnivorous
Works Cited
1.Otte D., Spearman L., Stiewe M.B.D. Mantodea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 21 September, 2021 - 9:10pm

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