Bolbe pygmaea
Appearance
Bolbe pygmaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Nanomantidae |
Genus: | Bolbe |
Species: | B. pygmaea
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Binomial name | |
Bolbe pygmaea Saussure, 1871
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Bolbe pygmaea is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae.[1] It is endemic to Australia.
Description
[edit]At approximately 1 cm in length when fully grown, Bolbe pygmea is the smallest species of praying mantis in the world.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ [1] Tree of Life Web Project. 2005
- ^ [2] Taxonomicon
- ^ [3] Archived 2007-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Inspecta Insect World
- ^ [4] Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Trek Nature
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of California & Tuolumne County - ^ [5] Nile's Biological Inc.
- ^ [6] Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine John Shelley's Garden Center & Nursery, Inc.