''Mantoida maya'',

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little Yucatán mantis, 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 ...

found in Mexico and the U.S. state of

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References

Dichotomous Key to Species of Mantids that may occur in Florida Mantoida, M Mantodea of North America Insects of Mexico Insects of the United States Fauna of the Southeastern United States Natural history of Yucatán Fauna of the Yucatán Peninsula Insects described in 1894 {{Mantodea-stub