''Achlaena'' is a 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 belonging to the family

Chroicopteridae The Chroicopteridae are a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus '' Chroicoptera''. The name is derived from first use, for subfamily Chroicopterinae, by Giglio-Tos and it has been revived as part of a major revision of mantid taxon ...

, containing the single species ''Achlaena grandis'' from

Central Africa Central Africa (French language, French: ''Afrique centrale''; Spanish language, Spanish: ''África central''; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''África Central'') is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries accordin ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q10399319, from2=Q21444077 Mantodea of Africa Mantodea Insects described in 1889