Blepharopsis mendica
| Blepharopsis mendica | |
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| B. mendica on a tyre of a car | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Empusidae |
| Genus: | Blepharopsis |
| Species: | B. mendica |
| Binomial name | |
| Blepharopsis mendica Fabricius, 1775 | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Mantis mendica (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
Blepharopsis mendica is a species of praying mantis found in North Africa, parts of the Mediterranean, Middle East and southern Asia, and on the Canary Islands. devil's flower mantis, Egyptian flower mantis, thistle mantis, and Arab mantis are among its common names.[2][3][4]
In deimatic display, the adult rotates its head and thorax to one side, displaying the bright colours on the insides of its forelegs and the undersides of its hindwings, and holds its wings slightly spread behind the body, making it seem large and threatening.[5]
Range
Afghanistan, Egypt, Algeria, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Canary Islands, Libya, Libanon, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Tschad, Tunisia, Turkey, Cyprus.[1]
Subspecies
- Blepharopsis mendica mendica (Fabricius, 1775)
- Blepharopsis mendcia nuda (Giglio-Tos, 1917) Ethiopia, Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Palestine, Somalia; Afghanistan?[1][6]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Texas A&M University
- ↑ Mantis in Iberia Archived July 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Mantis Place
- ↑ Danne's Animals
- ↑ "Thistle Mantis". Keeping Insects. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
- ↑ Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org species Blepharopsis mendica (Fabricius, 1775) Retrieval date: Feb. 10th 2016