Order Mantodea - Mantids
Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Other Common Names Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying Locust Pronunciation man-TOE-dee-ah Synonyms and other taxonomic changes Mantoptera
major changes in higher classification recetly proposed in (1)Explanation of Names Mantodea Burmeister 1838 Numbers 28 spp. in 16 genera of 6 families in our area (2), ~2300 spp. worldwide, arranged in 29 families (1)(3)Size 1 cm ( Mantoida tenuis) to >17 cm ( Ischnomantis gigas) (4)(3)Season our spp. usually live from spring to late autumn with eggs overwintering; tropical mantids may live longer Food typically other arthropods; can be highly cannibalistic. Large mantids may catch small birds, lizards, frogs... Life Cycle Metamorphosis incomplete; generally 7 or more molts. Eggs laid late in the season in an egg case, or ootheca (first foamy, then papery) and hatch in the spring. Most individuals seen in the field are gravid females; males are often eaten by females immediately after mating. (7)Remarks Non-native species
Liturgusa maya. From the Neotropics, recently
European Mantis, Mantis religiosa. From Europe, late 19th century
Asian Jumping Mantis, Statilia maculata. From Asia, recently (2010s?)
Narrow-winged Mantis, Tenodera angustipennis. From Asia, 1930
Chinese Mantid, Tenodera sinensis. From China, late 19th century
Mediterranean Mantis, Iris oratoria. From w. Palaearctic See Also Raptorial legs are found among Heteroptera ( Reduviidae, Nepidae); Neuroptera ( Mantispidae); and some Diptera
Print References Brannoch SK, Wieland F, Rivera J, Klass K-D, Béthoux O, Svenson GJ (2017). Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea). ZooKeys 696: 1-100. ( Full Text) Works Cited | 4. | The Praying Mantids
Frederick R. Prete, Lawrence E. Hurd, Patrick, H. Wells, Harrington Wells. 2000. Johns Hopkins University Press. |  |
| 5. | Grasshoppers and Mantids of the World
Ken Preston-Mafham. 1991. Facts on File, Inc. | |
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