''Ischnomantis gigas'' is a species 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 ...

from the family

Rivetinidae The Rivetinidae are a family of praying mantids, based on the type genus '' Rivetina''. As part of a major revision of mantid taxonomy, this family contains many genera moved from Miomantinae: tribe Rivetinini; some genera previously placed the ...

native to Africa. It is one of the longest species of mantis, being able to reach lengths of over 17 cm. However, it is more gracile in build than other large mantises.

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Rivetinidae Insects of Africa Insects described in 1870 Taxa named by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure {{Mantodea-stub