🦋 Family

Miomantidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Mantodea › Miomantidae

Miomantis caffra, the springbok mantis, is a native Southern African praying mantis with facultatively parthenogenetic females.

Miomantis paykullii is a 3.5-4.5 cm praying mantis found across parts of Africa and the Middle East, sometimes called the Egyptian praying mantis.

Cilnia humeralis, the wide-armed mantis, is an aggressive cannibalistic African praying mantis species with a stocky build.

Related Families

Mantidae 43 species Hymenopodidae 10 species Amelidae 8 species Deroplatyidae 4 species Empusidae 4 species Acanthopidae 3 species Thespidae 3 species Coptopterygidae 2 species

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