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Family Mantidae

Bordered Mantis - Stagmomantis limbata - female

Mantis ID Request - Stagmomantis carolina - male

Mantinae Family? - Mantis religiosa - female

Carolina Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - female

Praying Mantis - Stagmomantis carolina - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Mantodea (Mantids)

Family Mantidae

Explanation of Names

Mantidae Latreille 1802

see Mantis

Numbers

Largest family of Mantodea, with 20 spp. in 8 genera of 5 subfamilies in our area(1) and 74 genera arranged into 12 tribes and 10 subfamilies total(2)

not yet in the guide: Miomantis caffra Saussure 1871 (Miomantinae), of S.African origin, now cosmopolitan, established in Los Angeles Co., CA (first reported in 2013)(1)

Range

worldwide

Habitat

Mostly tropical and subtropical

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

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 4:11pm

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