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Genus Iris

Mantid - Iris oratoria Praying mantis - Iris oratoria - female Mediterranean mantis? - Iris oratoria Some kind of Mantid - Iris oratoria Iris oratorio - Iris oratoria - male Mantis - Iris oratoria - male Mantid egg case - Iris oratoria Adult mantid with pink on sides of thorax - Iris oratoria - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Tarachodidae
Genus Iris
Explanation of Names
Iris Saussure 1869
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, 14 spp. total(1)
Range
Eurasia & Africa; one sp. adventive in sw US