Boxer mantis

Boxer mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantises. The name comes from the way these mantises move their oversized grasping forelimbs as they communicate with each other.

Communication

When boxer mantises encounter one another, they rapidly tremble their forelimbs, displaying their patterned interior faces to each other and waving them in slow arcs. This is believed to be a way of preventing members of the same species from eating each other.

Species

Acromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Thai boxer mantis, Thailand boxer mantis, Sumatran Acromantis)
Acromantis japonica Westwood, 1889 (Japanese boxer mantis)
Astyliasula major
Ephestiasula pictipes (purple boxer mantis)
Otomantis sp.
Oxypilus distinctus (Beier, 1930) (Gambian boxer mantis )
Theopropus elegans (banded flower mantis, Asian boxer mantis)

References

↑ Alien Insect: Praying Mantis, 2004, by Discovery Channel.
↑ Thailand Boxer Praying Mantis - Acromantis gestri
↑ "List on mantises and common names". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
↑ "Synonym Oxypilus (Oxypilus) distinctus Beier, 1930: Mantodea Species File".
↑ "Oxypilus distinctus". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

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[1] Alien Insect: Praying Mantis, 2004, by Discovery Channel.

[2] Thailand Boxer Praying Mantis - Acromantis gestri

[3] "List on mantises and common names". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

[4] "Synonym Oxypilus (Oxypilus) distinctus Beier, 1930: Mantodea Species File".

[5] "Oxypilus distinctus". Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

Boxer mantis

Communication

Species

See also

References