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Mantis (genus)

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Mantis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Tribe: Mantini
Genus: Mantis
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms
  • Mantes Geoffroy, 1764

The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea.

Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".

Species

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Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms):[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ *Otte D., Spearman L. and Stiewe M.B.D Mantidae in Mantodea Species File Online. Version 1.0/3.5
  2. ^ Mantodea database
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