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Taxonomy of Genus Mantis Linnaeus, 1758
Mantes, Mantid, Mantises, Praying mantis


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
652
12648
108742
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Mantodea
Burmeister, 1838
Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids
44
702
5002
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Mantoidea
Handlirsch, 1903
4
381
3273
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyMantidae
Burmeister, 1838
Mantids, Mantis, Praying Mantis, Praying mantises
286
2787
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMantinae
Burmeister, 1838
27
766
Genera
Species
TribeMantini
Burmeister, 1838
9
467
Genera
Species
GenusMantis
Linnaeus, 1758
Mantes, Mantid, Mantises, Praying mantis
413Species
Subnodes of Mantis Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMantis 2-spinosa Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMantis 3-punctata Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis abbreviata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis abdominalis Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Stagmatoptera abdominalis
SpeciesMantis abjecta Cyrillo, 1787
SpeciesMantis acridea Lichtenstein, 1796
SpeciesMantis adspersa Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis aeruginosa Goeze, 1778  ⇒ Polyspilota aeruginosa
1Subspecies
SpeciesMantis agrionina Gerstaecker, 1869
SpeciesMantis albella Burmeister, 1838  ⇒ Leptomantella (Leptomantella) albella
SpeciesMantis albi-macula Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis albofimbriata Stål, 1860
SpeciesMantis alticeps Schaum, 1853
SpeciesMantis angulata Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Pseudacanthops angulata
SpeciesMantis angusta Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMantis annulata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis annulipes Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis antillarum Saussure, 1859
SpeciesMantis apicalis Saussure, 1871
SpeciesMantis argentina Burmeister, 1864  ⇒ Coptopteryx argentina
SpeciesMantis aridifolia Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis armata De Hann, 1842  ⇒ Angela armata
SpeciesMantis assoi Bolivar, 1873
SpeciesMantis asteca Saussure, 1859
SpeciesMantis atrophica Pallas, 1772  ⇒ Anarchodes atrophicus
SpeciesMantis attenuata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis aurita Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Sosibia aurita
SpeciesMantis australasiae Leach, 1814
SpeciesMantis baculis Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis baculus Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Metriophasma (Metriophasma) baculus
SpeciesMantis baetica Rambur, 1838
SpeciesMantis bankae
SpeciesMantis basalis De Hann, 1842  ⇒ Rhombodera basalis
SpeciesMantis beieri Roy, 1999
SpeciesMantis bella Germar, 1817
SpeciesMantis bey-bienkoi
SpeciesMantis bicingulata De Hann, 1842  ⇒ Pachymantis bicingulata
SpeciesMantis bicornis Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMantis bidens Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Pseudovates bidens
SpeciesMantis bimaculata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Sphodromantis viridis
SpeciesMantis bipapilla Serville, 1838
SpeciesMantis birivia Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis bispinosa Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Haplopus jamaicensis
SpeciesMantis bispinosus Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMantis bloculata Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis bodegetica Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis boettingensis F. E. Zeuner, 1931
SpeciesMantis bogedetica Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis borneensis De Hann, 1842  ⇒ Psychomantis borneensis
SpeciesMantis brachyptera Pallas, 1773  ⇒ Cardioptera brachyptera
SpeciesMantis brasiliana
SpeciesMantis brevicornis De Geer, 1778  ⇒ Sagittalata pusilla
SpeciesMantis brevidorsa Lindt, 1976
SpeciesMantis brevipennis Yersin, 1860
SpeciesMantis brevis Rambur, 1838
SpeciesMantis burmeisteri De Hann, 1842  ⇒ Theopompa burmeisteri
SpeciesMantis caffra Westwood, 1889
SpeciesMantis calamus Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Clonistria calamus
SpeciesMantis caldwellii Bates, 1863
SpeciesMantis callifera Wood-Mason, 1882  ⇒ Paramantis prasina
SpeciesMantis cama Lindt, 1976
SpeciesMantis cancellata Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesMantis capensis Gmelin, 1790  ⇒ Pyrgomantis nasuta
SpeciesMantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888
SpeciesMantis carolina
SpeciesMantis catenata Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis caucasica
SpeciesMantis cellularis Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis chalybea Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis chloreudeta Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis chloris Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Astollia chloris
SpeciesMantis chlorophaea Blanchard, 1836
SpeciesMantis chloropus Lichtenstein, 1796  ⇒ Olcyphides cinereus
SpeciesMantis cinera Gistel, 1856
SpeciesMantis cinerea Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Olcyphides cinereus
SpeciesMantis cingulata Drury, 1773  ⇒ Phyllovates cingulata
SpeciesMantis cinquemaculata Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis cirenea Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis clara Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis clavata Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis concinna Perty, 1832
SpeciesMantis conspersa Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis conspurcata Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis cornuta Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis coronata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Hymenopus coronata
SpeciesMantis costalis Blanchard, 1853
SpeciesMantis crassiceps De Hann, 1842  ⇒ Compsomantis crassiceps
SpeciesMantis cubaensis De Hann, 1842  ⇒ Stagmomantis domingensis
SpeciesMantis cubitata Goeze, 1778  ⇒ Stagmatoptera precaria
SpeciesMantis cuticularis Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis cylindrica Gmelin, 1789  ⇒ Anchiale maculata
SpeciesMantis darchii MacLeay, 1827
SpeciesMantis decolor Charpentier, 1825
SpeciesMantis dentata Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis diana Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis dilata Stål, 1860
SpeciesMantis dilaticollis Gistel, 1856
SpeciesMantis diluta Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis dimidiata Burmeister, 1838  ⇒ Stagmomantis carolina
SpeciesMantis domingensis Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
SpeciesMantis draco Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Prisopus draco
SpeciesMantis eichleri
SpeciesMantis emortualis Saussure, 1869  ⇒ Paramantis prasina
SpeciesMantis erythroptera Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Graeffea erythroptera
SpeciesMantis exsiccata Serville, 1838
SpeciesMantis falcataria Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis fasciata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Iris fasciata
SpeciesMantis fatiloqua Stål, 1856
SpeciesMantis fausta Thunberg, 1784  ⇒ Mantispa fausta
SpeciesMantis fenestrata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Miomantis fenestrata
SpeciesMantis ferox Saussure, 1859
SpeciesMantis ferula Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Bacteria ferula
SpeciesMantis filiformes Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Phanocloidea fabricii
SpeciesMantis filiformis Cyrillo, 1787  ⇒ Phanocloidea fabricii
SpeciesMantis filum Lichtenstein, 1796  ⇒ Thesprotia filum
SpeciesMantis flabellicornis Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesMantis flava De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis flavicincta Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis flavipennis Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis flavoguttata Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis foliata Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis foliatus Perry, 1811  ⇒ Phyllium (Phyllium) telnovi
SpeciesMantis foliopeda Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Hermagoras foliopeda
SpeciesMantis forficata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis fronticornis Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis fronticus Lindt, 1990
SpeciesMantis fuliginosa Thunberg, 1815  ⇒ Memantis fuliginosa
SpeciesMantis fusca Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Tenodera blanchardi
SpeciesMantis fuscata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis fuscescens Blanchard, 1853
SpeciesMantis fuscifolia Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Acanthops falcataria
SpeciesMantis galeata Gerstacker, 1869
SpeciesMantis gastrica Stål, 1858
SpeciesMantis gayi Blanchard, 1851
SpeciesMantis geminata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis gigantea Gmelin, 1789  ⇒ Diapherodes gigantea
SpeciesMantis gigas Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Phasma gigas
SpeciesMantis gongylodes Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMantis gracilis Lichtenstein, 1796
SpeciesMantis grisea Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Theopompa ophthalmica
SpeciesMantis griveaudi Paulian, 1958
SpeciesMantis gunnii Le Guillou, 1841
SpeciesMantis guttata Thunberg, 1787  ⇒ Sphodromantis viridis
SpeciesMantis hemerobius Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Pseudoxypilus hemerobius
SpeciesMantis herbacea Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis heteroptera De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis hobsonii Le Guillou, 1841
SpeciesMantis humilis Lindt, 1990
SpeciesMantis hyalina De Geer, 1773  ⇒ Phyllovates cingulata
SpeciesMantis hyaloptera Perty, 1832
SpeciesMantis hybrida Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis indica Mukherjee, 1995
SpeciesMantis indicator Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Stagmatoptera indicator
SpeciesMantis inflexipes Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Necroscia inflexipes
SpeciesMantis infumata Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis inornata
SpeciesMantis inquinata Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis insignis Beier, 1954
SpeciesMantis jamaicensis Drury, 1773  ⇒ Haplopus jamaicensis
SpeciesMantis japonica Saussure, 1869
SpeciesMantis keratosqueleton Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Paraphanocles keratosqueleton
SpeciesMantis kersteni Gerstaecker, 1869
SpeciesMantis kuhlii De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis labiata Thunberg, 1784  ⇒ Macynia labiata
SpeciesMantis lanceolata Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesMantis langoalata Lindt, 1974
SpeciesMantis lateralis Lichtenstein, 1796  ⇒ Stratocles xanthomela
SpeciesMantis laticollis Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis latinota Lindt, 1974
SpeciesMantis latipennis Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis latipes Stål, 1876  ⇒ Cilnia humeralis humeralis
SpeciesMantis latiscutula Lindt, 1990
SpeciesMantis latistylus Serville, 1839  ⇒ Archimantis latistyla
SpeciesMantis leptelytra Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis lilliputiana Olivier, 1797  ⇒ Zeugomantispa minuta
SpeciesMantis limbata Hahn, 1835
SpeciesMantis linearis Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Necroscia manicata
SpeciesMantis lineola Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis lobata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Vates lobata
SpeciesMantis lobiceps De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis lobipes Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Zoolea lobipes
SpeciesMantis longidorsa Lindt, 1990
SpeciesMantis lucubrans Burchell, 1822
SpeciesMantis luna Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis lutescens Guérin-Méneville & Percheron, 1835
SpeciesMantis macedonica
SpeciesMantis macra Stål, 1856
SpeciesMantis macroalata Lindt, 1973
5Subspecies
SpeciesMantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974
9Subspecies
SpeciesMantis macropsis Giebel, 1861
SpeciesMantis macroptera Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis maculata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Statilia maculata maculata
SpeciesMantis maculipennis Gistel, 1856
SpeciesMantis madagascariensis Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis mandarinea Saussure, 1871
SpeciesMantis marginata
SpeciesMantis marginella Thunberg, 1815  ⇒ Betamantis marginella
SpeciesMantis marmorata Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis maroccana Thunberg, 1815
SpeciesMantis membranacea Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis mendica Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Blepharopsis mendica mendica
SpeciesMantis mesomelas Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Deiphobe mesomelas
SpeciesMantis metallica Westwood, 1843
SpeciesMantis minima Charpentier, 1825
SpeciesMantis ministralis Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Orthodera ministralis ministralis
SpeciesMantis minor Scudder, 1872
SpeciesMantis minuta Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Zeugomantispa minuta
SpeciesMantis mitiana Giglio-Tos, 1912
SpeciesMantis moesta Werner, 1915
SpeciesMantis monacha Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Miomantis monacha
SpeciesMantis monochroa Montrouzier, 1855
SpeciesMantis multistriata Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis musarum Palisot, 1805
SpeciesMantis nabota Olivier, 1797  ⇒ Mantispa nabota
SpeciesMantis nana Lichtenstein, 1802  ⇒ Mantispa nabota
SpeciesMantis nasuta Thunberg, 1784  ⇒ Pyrgomantis nasuta
SpeciesMantis nasutus Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Oxypilus (Anoxypilus) inscriptus
SpeciesMantis natalensis Stål, 1856
SpeciesMantis nebulosa Thunberg, 1815  ⇒ Polyspilota aeruginosa
SpeciesMantis necydaloides Linnaeus, 1763  ⇒ Pseudophasma brachypterum
SpeciesMantis neuroptera Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis nigro-punctata Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis nigro-venulata Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis nobilis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1892
SpeciesMantis notata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis novaeguineae De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis novaezealandiae Colenso, 1882
SpeciesMantis nyassana Giglio-Tos, 1912
SpeciesMantis nympha Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis obscura Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Carvilia obscura
SpeciesMantis obsecraria Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis ocellaria Drury, 1782
SpeciesMantis ocellata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Stagmatoptera precaria
SpeciesMantis ochroptera Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis octosetosa Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis octospilota Westwood, 1889
Blackbarred Mantid, Blackbarrel mantis
1Subspecies
SpeciesMantis oculata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Schizocephala bicornis
SpeciesMantis oligoneura De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis ophtalmica Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis ophthalmica Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis oratoria Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis orba Stal, 1856  ⇒ Bolbira (Bolbira) minima
SpeciesMantis orientalis Saussure, 1870
SpeciesMantis ornata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis ovalifolia Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis pagana Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Mantispa styriaca
SpeciesMantis pallasiana Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Empusa pennicornis pennicornis
SpeciesMantis pallasii Fieber, 1853
SpeciesMantis palliata De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis paradoxa Stoll, C., 1813  ⇒ Harpagomantis tricolor
SpeciesMantis parallela De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis parva Gmelin, 1790  ⇒ Thespis parva
SpeciesMantis parvula Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis patellifera Serville, 1838
SpeciesMantis pater-noster Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis pauperata Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Empusa pennata
SpeciesMantis pavonina Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis pectinata Drury, 1773  ⇒ Empusa pennata
SpeciesMantis pectinicornis Drury, 1770
SpeciesMantis pennicornis Pallas, 1773  ⇒ Empusa pennicornis pennicornis
SpeciesMantis perfida Guérin-Méneville & Lefebvre, 1849
SpeciesMantis perla Pallas, 1772  ⇒ Sagittalata perla
SpeciesMantis perspicua Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Raptrix perspicua
SpeciesMantis phryganoides Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis phthisica Linnaeus, 1758  ⇒ Pseudophasma phthisicum
SpeciesMantis phthisicus Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMantis phyllopus De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis pia Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis picta Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis pilipes Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis planiceps De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis plumbea Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis podagrica Boddaert, 1783
SpeciesMantis polonica Bazyluk, 1960
SpeciesMantis polyphaga Lindt, 1976
SpeciesMantis polystictica Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
SpeciesMantis prasina Serville, 1839  ⇒ Miomantis prasina
SpeciesMantis prasinana Lichtenstein, 1802
SpeciesMantis protogaea O. Heer, 1849
SpeciesMantis pulchra Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Euantissa pulchra
SpeciesMantis pulchripennis Stål, 1875
SpeciesMantis punctata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis purpurascens Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Angela purpurascens
SpeciesMantis pusilla Pallas, 1772  ⇒ Sagittalata pusilla
SpeciesMantis pustulata Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis quadricornis Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis quadrimaculata Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis quinquedens MacLeay, 1827
SpeciesMantis quinquemaculata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Angela quinquemaculata
SpeciesMantis radiata Fischer-Waldheim, 1846
SpeciesMantis rbombicollis Latreille, 1833
SpeciesMantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758
European mantid, European Mantis, Praying Mantis
18Subspecies
SpeciesMantis religiosus Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMantis reticulata Thunberg, 1815  ⇒ Photina reticulata
SpeciesMantis rhombica De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis rhombicollis Latreille, 1833
SpeciesMantis rhomboidea Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis rogatoria Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis rosea Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Marmessoidea rosea
SpeciesMantis rossia Rossi, 1790  ⇒ Bacillus rossius rossius
SpeciesMantis rubicunda Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis rubro-maculata Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis rubrocoxata Serville, 1838
SpeciesMantis rustica Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Miobantia rustica
SpeciesMantis sacra Thunberg, 1815  ⇒ Paramantis sacra
SpeciesMantis sacrata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Prisopus sacratus
SpeciesMantis sancta Fabricius, 1787  ⇒ Stagmatoptera indicator
SpeciesMantis scanda Lindt, 1976
SpeciesMantis servillei De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis sibirica Gmelin, 1790  ⇒ Mantispa sibirica
SpeciesMantis siccifolia Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMantis siccifolius Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMantis siedleckii
SpeciesMantis signata Thunberg, 1815  ⇒ Polyspilota aeruginosa
SpeciesMantis similis
SpeciesMantis simulacrum Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Stagmomantis montana
SpeciesMantis sinica
SpeciesMantis soror Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis spallanzania Rossi, 1792
SpeciesMantis sphinx Poiret, 1789
SpeciesMantis spinosa Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Creoxylus spinosus
SpeciesMantis spinosus Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Creoxylus spinosus
SpeciesMantis splendida De Haan, 1842
SpeciesMantis spuria Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis squeleton Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Phanocloidea squeleton
SpeciesMantis stigmatica Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis striata Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Polyspilota aeruginosa
SpeciesMantis stricta Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Schizocephala bicornis
SpeciesMantis strigosa Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis strumarius Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMantis styriaca Poda, 1761  ⇒ Mantispa styriaca
SpeciesMantis subfoliata Stoll, 1813  ⇒ Vates foliata
SpeciesMantis sublobata Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis sumatrana De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis sumichrasti
SpeciesMantis superciliaris Gerstaecker, 1869
SpeciesMantis superstitiosa Fabricius, 1781  ⇒ Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa
SpeciesMantis supplicaria Stoll, 1813
SpeciesMantis tenera Stal, 1858  ⇒ Tropidomantis (Tropidomantis) tenera
SpeciesMantis tessellata Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis tessulata Goeze, 1778  ⇒ Stratocles tessulatus
SpeciesMantis testacea Lichtenstein, 1796
SpeciesMantis thalassina Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis thoracica De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis timorensis De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis tinctipennis Wood, 1883
SpeciesMantis togana Giglio-Tos, 1912
SpeciesMantis tolteca
SpeciesMantis tortricoides De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis tricolor Linné, 1767  ⇒ Acontiothespis concinna
SpeciesMantis tricornis Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis tridens Goeze, 1778
SpeciesMantis trifasciata De Hann, 1842
SpeciesMantis tripunctata Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis tristis Saussure, 1871
SpeciesMantis truncata Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesMantis undata Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Popa undata
SpeciesMantis unimaculata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Hierodula unimaculata
SpeciesMantis unipunctata Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis urbana Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Stagmatoptera abdominalis
SpeciesMantis valida Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis varia Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis variegata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Polyspilota aeruginosa
SpeciesMantis venosa Olivier, 1792
SpeciesMantis vicina Serville, 1839
SpeciesMantis victoriana Werner, 1908
SpeciesMantis vidua Stål, 1856
SpeciesMantis vincta Gerstaecker, 1869
SpeciesMantis viridana Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Platycrana viridana
SpeciesMantis viridimargo Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis viridis Saussure, 1872  ⇒ Paramantis viridis
SpeciesMantis viridula Houttuyn, 1813  ⇒ Zeugomantispa minuta
SpeciesMantis vitrata Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Miomantis monacha
SpeciesMantis vitrea Burmeister, 1838
SpeciesMantis wagneri Kittary, 1849
SpeciesMantis wheelerii Thomas, 1875
SpeciesMantis xanthomela Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Stratocles xanthomela
SpeciesMantis xanthoptera Olivier, 1792  ⇒ Bolivaria xanthoptera
SpeciesMantis zebrata Charpentier, 1843

Synonyms
Manteodea (Burmeister, 1829)
Mantes (Geoffroy, 1762)
Mantis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Menta (Sonnini in Ledru, 1810)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Mantis
EnglishMantes, Mantid, Mantises, Praying mantis


Distribution of Mantis Linnaeus, 1758
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Transnistria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe


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