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Mantis religiosa (Praying mantis)

Synonyms: Gryllus religiosus

Wikipedia Abstract

Mantis religiosa, with the common name praying mantis, and outside Europe the European mantis, is an insect in the family Mantidae. It is one of the most well-known and widespread species of the order Mantodea, the Mantises.
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Infraspecies

Mantis religiosa beybienkoi
Mantis religiosa caucasica
Mantis religiosa eichleri
Mantis religiosa inornata
Mantis religiosa langoalata
Mantis religiosa latinota
Mantis religiosa macedonica
Mantis religiosa major
Mantis religiosa polonica
Mantis religiosa religiosa
Mantis religiosa siedleckii
Mantis religiosa sinica

Protected Areas

Emblem of

Connecticut

Prey / Diet

Apis mellifera (honey bee)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Chordodes maculatus[2]
Chordodes madagascariensis[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0