Miomantis paykullii

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Mantodea

Familia: Mantidae
Subfamilia: Miomantinae
Tribus: Miomantini
Genus: Miomantis
Species: Miomantis paykullii
Name

Miomantis paykullii (Stål, 1871)
Synonymy

Miomantis pharaonica Saussure, 1898
Miomantis pharaonis Kirby, 1904
Miomantis savignyi Saussure, 1872
Miomantis senegalensis Schulthess-Rechberg, 1899

References

Marabuto, E. 2014: The Afrotropical Miomantis caffra Saussure 1871 and M. paykullii Stal 1871: first records of alien mantid species in Portugal and Europe, with an updated checklist of Mantodea in Portugal (Insecta: Mantodea). Biodiversity data journal 2: e4117. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4117 Reference page.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Ägyptische Gottesanbeterin
中文: 埃及螳螂

Miomantis paykullii is a species of praying mantis in the family Miomantidae.[2]

It is one of several species sometimes known as the Egyptian praying mantis, along with Miomantis abyssinica.[3]

The species is found in a number of African countries, including Egypt, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Uganda, Senegal and Togo, as well as Israel,[4] in the Middle East.

It grows to an adult size of 3.5-4.5 cm.[5]
See also

Mantodea of Africa
List of mantis genera and species

References

Martin Stiewe. "species Miomantis paykullii Stal, 1871". Retrieved 8 July 2010.
Tree of Life Web Project: Miomantis. 2005.
"Egyptian Praying Mantis - Miomantis paykullii".
"Insects of Israel: A pocket Guide to Common Species" Ed. Noam Kishenbaum, Pub: "Nature in Israel"
Mantids - Miomantis paykullii SwissMantis.ch Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. 2008.