Mantis (disambiguation)

Mantis is Greek for "prophet", ("someone who visualize future"), see also -mancy.

The dead leaf mantis, an astonishing example of camouflage

Mantis is also the name of several insects in the Mantidae family, commonly known as praying mantis:

• European mantis (Mantis religiosa)
• Chinese mantis (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis)
• Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)

Mantis may also refer to:

In biology:

• Mantis shrimp, also known as stomatopods, predatory crustaceans
• Mantidfly, a small predatory insect whose front legs look like praying mantids'

In comics:

• Mantis (DC Comics), a supervillain in Jack Kirby's Fourth World
• Mantis (Marvel Comics), a member of The Avengers
• Takadox, a mantis-like Barraki in the Bionicle universe.

In computing:

• Mantis, a programming language marketed by Cincom
• Mantis Bugtracker, a PHP/MySQL-based bug tracking system

In games:

• Psycho Mantis, a boss in the videogame Metal Gear Solid
• The name of an alien insect-like race in the real-time strategy computer game Conquest: Frontier Wars
• XF5700 Mantis, a space sim by MicroPlay in 1992

In sports and martial arts:

• Mantis, the name of a pro wrestler for NWA Pro Wrestling Xpress
• Ultra Mantis, the name of a pro wrestler for Chikara Pro Wrestling
• Northern Praying Mantis (martial art)
• Southern Praying Mantis (martial art)

In other uses:

• A dreamtime trickster character in San (Bushmen) folklore
• M.A.N.T.I.S., a superhero television series
• Mantis (rollercoaster), a very large roller coaster located at Cedar Point theme park in Sandusky, Ohio, USA

See also

• Mantissa (disambiguation)