''Brancsikia'' is a
genus
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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 ...
es in the new (2019)
family
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Majangidae and the monotypic
subfamily
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Brancsikiinae; it was previously placed in the
Deroplatyinae.
Species
There are now two species in the genus ''Brancsikia'', listed in the ''Mantodea Species File'':
Mantodea.speciesfile.org genus Brancsikia Saussure & Zehntner, 1895
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*'' Brancsikia aeroplana'' Lamberton, 1911
*'' Brancsikia freyi'' Brancsik, 1893 (synonym: '' Brancsikia simplex'') - type species
See also
*Dead leaf mantis
Dead leaf mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis that mimicry, mimic dead leaf, leaves. It is most often used in reference to species within genus ''Deroplatys'' because of their popularity as exotic pets. Examples i ...
References
External links
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Deroplatyinae
Mantodea genera
Taxa named by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
Taxa named by Leo Zehntner