Mantis (genus)

Mantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Genus:	Mantis Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Mantis octospilota Mantis religiosa

Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 15 species:^[1]:

• Mantis beieri Roy, 1999
• Mantis callifera Wood-Mason, 1882
• Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888
• Mantis dilaticollis Gistel, 1856
• Mantis emortualis Saussure, 1869
• Mantis griveaudi Paulian, 1958
• Mantis indica Mukherjee, 1995
• Mantis insignis Beier, 1954
• Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973
• Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974
• Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 - often referred to as the "eight-spotted mantis" or "blackbarrel mantid"
• Mantis pia Serville, 1839
• Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) -the European mantis (often referred to simply as "the praying mantis")
• Mantis splendida de Haan, 1842
• Mantis tricolor Linnaeus, 1767

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

References

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

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