Name
Mantis religiosa
Praying mantises
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Hexapoda
Subclass: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Mantis
Species: religiosa
Habitat
Terrestrial, among the vegetation of herbaceous and shrubby areas
Feeding
insectivorous predator
Distribution
Eurasia and Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (LC)
Additional information
Tegminate forewings, forelegs folded in front of the rostrum. Head very mobile. Black eyespots between the legs. Body and wings greenish or brownish.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Iberfauna. 2008. Species Mantis religiosa. (Linnaeus, 1758). En: IBERFAUNA. El Banco de Datos de la Fauna Ibérica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). - Otte, Daniel, Lauren Spearman and Martin B.D. Stiewe. Mantodea Species File Online. Version 5.0/5.0. - Pascual, F. 2015. Clase Insecta. Orden Mantodea. Revista IDE@-SEA, nº 47 (30-06-2015): 1-10. Ibero Diversidad Entomológica @ccessible. ISSN: 2386-7183