''Schizocephala'' is a genus 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 monotypic tribe Schizocephalini. It is represented by a single species, ''Schizocephala bicornis''. It is distributed across Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the

Sunda Islands The Sunda Islands (; Tetun: ''Illa Sunda'') are a group of islands in the Indonesian Archipelago. They consist of the Greater Sunda Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Etymology "Sunda" denotes the continental shelves or landmasses: the Sun ...

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File:Praying Mantis Bangalore.jpg, Schizocephala bicornis at Bangalore File:Indian Stick Mantis closeup.jpg, Indian Stick Mantis closeup File:Indian Stick Mantis Size.jpg, Indian Stick Mantis Size File:Linnaeus 1758 Systema Naturae - Descriptions of mantises.jpg, Original description by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

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Eremiaphilidae Insects described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Monotypic insect genera Insects of Nepal Insects of India {{Mantodea-stub