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genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''Mantis'' is in the family
Mantidae Mantidae is one of the largest family (biology), families in the Order (biology), order of Mantodea, praying mantises, based on the type species ''Mantis religiosa''; most genera are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family ...
, of the
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 a ...
order
Mantodea Mantises are an Order (biology), order (Mantodea) of insects that contains List of mantis genera and species, over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids") ...
. Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".


Species

''Mantis'' is a small genus of
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 a ...
es, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms): * '' Mantis beieri'' Roy, 1999 – Democratic Republic of the Congo * '' Mantis callifera'' Wood-Mason, 1882 * '' Mantis carinata'' Cosmovici, 1888 * '' Mantis dilaticollis'' Gistel, 1856 * '' Mantis emortualis'' Saussure, 1869 * '' Mantis griveaudi'' Paulian, 1958 * '' Mantis insignis'' Beier, 1954 – Angola, Guinea, Congo * ''
Mantis macroalata 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 a ...
'' Lindt, 1973Mantodea database
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Mantis macrocephala 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 a ...
'' Lindt, 1974 – Tajikistan * ''
Mantis octospilota ''Mantis octospilota'', common name eight-spotted mantis or blackbarred mantis, is a species of praying mantis found in Australia. As its common name suggests, it is primarily identified by the eight black spots along the dorsal surface of its ab ...
'' Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia * ''
Mantis pia 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 a ...
'' Serville, 1839 * ''
Mantis religiosa The European mantis (''Mantis religiosa'') is a large Hemimetabolism, hemimetabolic insect in the Mantidae family, which is the largest family of the order Mantodea (mantises). Their common name praying mantis is derived from the distinctive post ...
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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
,
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) —
European mantis The European mantis (''Mantis religiosa'') is a large hemimetabolic insect in the Mantidae family, which is the largest family of the order Mantodea (mantises). Their common name praying mantis is derived from the distinctive posture of the firs ...
, or "praying mantis" * ''
Mantis splendida 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 a ...
'' de Haan, 1842 * ''
Mantis tricolor 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 ...
'' Linne, 1767


See also

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African mantis ''Sphodromantis viridis'' African mantis and African praying mantis are common names for many species of praying mantis native to Africa. The following genera and species are often referred to by these names, by variants of them, or by common ...
es — ''in other genera''. *
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 ...
(incomplete)


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q507307 Mantodea genera Mantidae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus