Boxer mantis
Boxer mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis. The name comes from the way these mantises move their oversized grasping forelimbs as they communicate with each other.
Communication[edit]
When boxer mantises encounter one another, they rapidly tremble their forelimbs, displaying the patterned interior faces to each other and waving them in slow arcs. This is believed to be a way of preventing member of the same species from eating each other.[1]
Species[edit]
- Acromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Thai boxer mantis,[2] Thailand boxer mantis, Sumatran Acromantis)
- Acromantis japonica Westwood, 1889 (Japanese boxer mantis)
- Astyliasula major
- Ephestiasula pictipes (purple boxer mantis)
- Otomantis sp.[3]
- Oxypilus distinctus (Beier, 1930)[4] (Gambian boxer mantis [5])
- Theopropus elegans (banded flower mantis, Asian boxer mantis)
See also[edit]
- Dead leaf mantis
- Flower mantis
- Grass mantis
- Leaf mantis
- Shield mantis
- Stick mantis
- List of mantis genera and species
References[edit]
- ^ Alien Insect: Praying Mantis, 2004, by Discovery Channel.
- ^ Thailand Boxer Praying Mantis - Acromantis gestri
- ^ "List on mantises and common names". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Synonym Oxypilus (Oxypilus) distinctus Beier, 1930: Mantodea Species File".
- ^ "Oxypilus distinctus". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
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