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Hymenopodidae

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Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Mantodea › Hymenopodidae

Acromantis japonica, the Japanese boxer mantis, is a Hymenopodidae praying mantis found in East Asia, described in 1889 with no listed subspecies.

Hestiasula brunneriana is a species of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae, subfamily Acromantinae.

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi is a flower-mimicking mantis with distinct eyespots and a startle display against predators.

Creobroter gemmatus is a small flower mantis with distinct size, behavior, and life cycle traits.

The Indian flower mantis (Creobroter pictipennis) is an Asian praying mantis species, with females slightly larger than males.

Hymenopus coronatus, the orchid mantis, is a flower-mimicking mantis from Southeast Asia with extreme sexual size dimorphism.

Odontomantis planiceps, the Asian ant mantis, is a small common mantis native to East and Southeast Asia that mimics ants as juveniles.

Phyllocrania paradoxa, the ghost mantis, is a small leaf-camouflaged praying mantis native to Africa and its islands.

Sibylla pretiosa, the cryptic mantis, is a leaf-mimicking mantis species with distinct size differences between sexes.

Parablepharis is a monotypic genus of hymenopodid praying mantises, containing only Parablepharis kuhlii found across South and East Asia.

Related Families

Mantidae 43 species Amelidae 8 species Deroplatyidae 4 species Empusidae 4 species Acanthopidae 3 species Miomantidae 3 species Thespidae 3 species Coptopterygidae 2 species

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