Miomantis binotata
Appearance
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Miomantis binotata nymphs | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Miomantidae |
Genus: | Miomantis |
Species: | M. binotata
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Binomial name | |
Miomantis binotata (Giglio-Tos, 1911)
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Synonyms | |
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Miomantis binotata, the African pinstripe mantis, is a small species of praying mantis found in Africa that are bred in captivity in the pet trade.[2][3][4]
Description
[edit]Range
[edit]Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo (?), Burundi.[1] Musina, South Africa.[4]
Additional images
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Male molting to sub-adult
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Female sub-adult with swollen wing-buds
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Adult female, recently gone through ecdysis
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Female molting to adult
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Adult female that has recently gone through ecdysis with her wings still not finished forming
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Light brown colored adult female
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Male, sub-adult, with swollen wing-buds
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Texas A&M University - ^ Tree of Life Web Project. 2005
- ^ Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org species Miomantis binotata Giglio-Tos, 1911 Accessed date: September 10, 2014
- ^ a b IG Mantodea List