''Iris'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
praying mantis
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They hav ...
found in Africa, Asia, and Southern Europe with one species, ''
Iris oratoria
''Iris oratoria'', known by the common name Mediterranean mantis (or less frequently iris mantis), due to humans first studying it in lands around the Mediterranean Sea, is a species of praying mantis. Its range is expanding in the Middle East ...
'', being introduced to North America in the south-western United States.
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Iris'':Iris deserti
Iris most often refers to:
*Iris (anatomy), part of the eye
*Iris (mythology), a Greek goddess
* ''Iris'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants
* Iris (color), an ambiguous color term
Iris or IRIS may also refer to:
Arts and media
Fictional ent ...
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*'' Iris insolita''
*'' Iris nana''
*''Iris narzykulovi
''Iris narzykulovi'' a species of praying mantis found in Tadschikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии � ...
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*''Iris oratoria
''Iris oratoria'', known by the common name Mediterranean mantis (or less frequently iris mantis), due to humans first studying it in lands around the Mediterranean Sea, is a species of praying mantis. Its range is expanding in the Middle East ...
'' (Mediterranean mantis)
*''Iris orientalis
''Iris orientalis'' is a species in the genus ''Iris''; it is also in the subgenus '' Limniris'' and in the series '' Spuriae''. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant, from Turkey and Greece, with white flowers with a yellow mark or blotch. It wa ...
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*'' Iris persa''
*'' Iris persiminima''
*'' Iris pitcheri''
*'' Iris polystictica''
*'' Iris senegalensis''
*'' Iris splendida''
*'' Iris strigosa''
See also
*List of mantis genera and species
The following list of mantis genera and species is based on the "Mantodea Species File", which is the primary reference for the taxonomy shown here.
The insect Order (biology), order Mantodea consists of over 2,400 species of mantises in about 460 ...
References
Tarachodidae
Insects of Africa
Mantodea genera
Taxa named by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
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