Empusa (mantis)
| Empusa | |
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| Empusa pennata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Empusidae |
| Subfamily: | Empusinae |
| Genus: | Empusa Illiger, 1798[1] |
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Empusa is a genus of praying mantids in the family Empusidae[2] and tribe Empusini. Records of occurrence include Africa, mainland Europe and western Asia through to India.[3]
Species
[edit]- E. binotata Serville, 1839
- E. fasciata Brulle, 1832
- E. guttula (Thunberg, 1815)
- E. hedenborgii Stål, 1871
- E. longicollis Ramme, 1950
- E. neglecta Paulian, 1958
- E. pauperata (Fabricius, 1781)
- E. pennata (Thunberg, 1815)
- E. pennicornis Pallas, 1773
- E. romboidea Lindt, 1976
- E. simonyi Krauss, 1902
- E. spinosa Krauss, 1902
- E. uvarovi Chopard, 1921