Archimantis monstrosa

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Archimantis monstrosa is a species of mantid in the family Mantidae. A. monstrosa, or monster mantis, commonly reaches a length of 90mm or more. It is less common than the often-seen large brown mantis.[1] A. monstrosa that live near the coast can get quite large and sometimes will attack much larger prey.

Archimantis monstrosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Archimantis
Species:
A. monstrosa
Binomial name
Archimantis monstrosa
Synonyms
  • Archimantis fuscoelytris McCoy, 1886
  • Archimantis latizonata Sjostedt, 1918

Identification

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A. monstrosa can be distinguished from A. latistyla in that it only has three spots on the wing covers where A. latistyla has 4; another feature is the spines on the margin of the thorax [citation needed].

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "species Archimantis monstrosa". Retrieved 21 Dec 2014.