Chloroharpax
| Nigerian flower mantis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Hymenopodidae |
| Genus: | Chloroharpax Werner, 1908 |
| Species: | C. modesta
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| Binomial name | |
| Chloroharpax modesta (Gerstaecker, 1883)
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Chloroharpax is a genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae. The genus is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Chloroharpax modesta, commonly called the Nigerian flower mantis, and is found across West Africa.
Description
Both males and females are about 3-4 centimeters in length when adult while 1st instar nymphs are about 4-5 millimeters in length.[1] The adults are bright green with rounded blue eyes; adult females have a pair yellow ocellated eyespots on their wings.[2] The species is able to hunt prey larger than itself, attacking and chasing its prey.[2]
Range
Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Cameroon.[3][4]
Captivity
Chloroharpax modesta are kept in captivity. This species of mantis are cannibalistic.
See also
References
- ^ "USA Mantis". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ^ a b "Deadly Mantis". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
- ^ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/specimen/ShowSpecimen.aspx?Router=NewPage
- ^ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1035