Mantis (genus)
The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea.
Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".Species
Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 9 species :
- Mantis beieri Roy, 1999 – Congo
- Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888
- Mantis indica Mukherjee, 1995 – India
- Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 – Angola, Guinea, Congo
- Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973 – Tadschikistan
- Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974 – Tajikistan
- Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia
- Mantis religiosa — European mantis, or "praying mantis"
