Sphodromantis gastrica

Sphodromantis gastrica
Sphodromantis gastrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Sphodromantis
Species: S. gastrica
Binomial name
Sphodromantis gastrica
Stål, 1858

Sphodromantis gastrica, common name African mantis or common green mantis, is a species of praying mantis from Africa.[1][2][3] Previously classified as Hierodula bicarinata (Saussure, 1869) and as Sphodromantis guttata (Giglio-Tos, 1907), this species has been found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and East Africa. [4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] African Mantis
  2. ^ [2] African Praying Mantis
  3. ^ [3] African Praying Mantis Sphodromantis gastrica, lineola, viridis and centralis
  4. ^ [4] The Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Mantidae) of South Africa compiled by Alfred P. Kaltenbach, Naturhistorisches Museum in Wien, Burgring 7, A-1014 Wien, Austria
  5. ^ [5] Working with Biodiversity - A Natural History of Tioxide