Archimantis latistyla
| Archimantis latistyla | |
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| Archimantis latistyla underneath a carrot flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Genus: | Archimantis |
| Species: | A. latistyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Archimantis latistyla (Serville, 1838) | |
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Archimantis latistyla, commonly known as the grass mantis or the stick mantis is a species of mantis native to Australia. Grass mantises are usually light brown with short winged female and a long winged male. The female is not able to fly but the male is. The male grass mantis is smaller than the female and is about 90 mm long and the female is about 110 mm long.
See also
- Mantises of Oceania
- List of mantis genera and species
- Brachyptery — long or short wings evolution.
- Archimantis monstrosa
- Orthodera ministralis
- Sphodropoda tristis
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References
- ↑ Serville JGA (1839) Hist. Ins. Orth. 179
External links
- Mantids on geocities.com (Archived 2009-10-25)
- Mantids on ozanimals.com