Boxer mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantises. The name comes from the way these mantises move their oversized grasping forelimbs as they communicate with each other.
Communication
When boxer mantises encounter one another, they rapidly tremble their forelimbs, displaying their patterned interior faces to each other and waving them in slow arcs. This is believed to be a way of preventing members of the same species from eating each other.Alien Insect: Praying Mantis, 2004, by Discovery Channel.
Species Acromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Thai boxer mantis,Thailand Boxer Praying Mantis - Acromantis gestri Thailand boxer mantis, Sumatran Acromantis) Acromantis japonica Westwood, 1889 (Japanese boxer mantis) Astyliasula major Ephestiasula pictipes (purple boxer mantis) Otomantis sp. Oxypilus distinctus (Beier, 1930) (Gambian boxer mantis ) Theopropus elegans (banded flower mantis, Asian boxer mantis)
See also Dead leaf mantis Flower mantis Grass mantis Leaf mantis Shield mantis Stick mantis List of mantis genera and species
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