''Mantoida brunneriana'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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 ...

in the family

Mantoididae Mantoididae is a family of praying mantises which contains Neotropical realm, Neotropical species of praying mantises from tropical North and South America. The family was formerly represented by the sole genus ''Mantoida'', until the genus ''Par ...

. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil,

French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...

, Paraguay, and Venezuela.

References

B Mantodea of South America Insects of Bolivia Insects of Brazil Insects of French Guiana Insects of Paraguay Insects of Venezuela Insects described in 1871 Taxa named by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure {{Mantodea-stub