Mantis (genus)

Mantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Tribe: Mantini
Genus: Mantis
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms
  • Mantes Geoffroy, 1764

The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea. Members of this genus can be found in Asia, Africa, Australia, and recently one species has been introduced to North America.

Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".