The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea. Members of this genus can be found in Asia, Africa, Australia, and recently one species has been introduced to North America.
Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".
Species
Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms):
- Mantis beieri <small>Roy, 1999</small> â Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mantis callifera <small>Wood-Mason, 1882</small>
- Mantis carinata <small>Cosmovici, 1888</small>
- Mantis dilaticollis <small>Gistel, 1856</small>
- Mantis emortualis <small>Saussure, 1869</small>
- Mantis griveaudi <small>Paulian, 1958</small>
- Mantis insignis <small>Beier, 1954</small> â Angola, Guinea, Congo
- Mantis macroalata <small>Lindt, 1973</small> â Tajikistan
- Mantis macrocephala <small>Lindt, 1974</small> â Tajikistan
- Mantis octospilota <small>Westwood, 1889</small> â "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia
- Mantis pia <small>Serville, 1839</small>
- Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) â European mantis, or "praying mantis"
- Mantis splendida <small>de Haan, 1842</small>
- Mantis tricolor <small>Linne, 1767</small>
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