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".
Species Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms):*Otte D., Spearman L. and Stiewe M.B.D Mantidae in Mantodea Species File Online. Version 1.0/3.5 Mantis beieri Roy, 1999 – Democratic Republic of the Congo Mantis callifera Wood-Mason, 1882 Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888 Mantis dilaticollis Gistel, 1856 Mantis emortualis Saussure, 1869 Mantis griveaudi Paulian, 1958 Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 – Angola, Guinea, Congo Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973Mantodea database – Tajikistan Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974 – Tajikistan Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — European mantis, or "praying mantis" Mantis splendida de Haan, 1842
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See also African mantises — in other genera. List of mantis genera and species (incomplete)
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