Acanthops falcatoria

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Acanthops falcatoria"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Mantodea
familia = Hymenopodidae
subfamilia = Acromantinae
tribus = Epaphroditini
genus = "Acanthops"
species = "A. falcatoria"
binomial = "Acanthops falcatoria"
binomial_authority = M. Beier, 1934

"Acanthops falcatoria", common name South American Dead Leaf Mantis, is a species of praying mantis placed historically in the family Hymenopodidae and is one of many mantis from various genera that resembles a dead leaf. [ [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Amorphoscelis] Tree of Life Web Project. 2005] [ [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Amorphoscelidae.txt] Texas A&M University] [ [http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/mantis.html] Bugs in Cyberspace]

ee also

*Dead Leaf Mantis
*List of mantis genera and species

References