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Burying mantis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Sphodropoda
Species: S. tristis
Binomial name
Sphodropoda tristis
(Saussure, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Sphodropoda mjobergi Sjostedt, 1918
  • Sphodropoda moesta Giglio-Tos, 1911
  • Sphodropoda papua Beier, 1965

The burying mantis (Sphodropoda tristis) is a species of mantis native to Australia. They are grey/brown or green, frequently with mottled patterning on the wings, and a have distinctive pale tubercles on the forelegs. Both sexes can reach lengths of up to 70 mm long. Their common name comes from the behaviour of females, which infrequently bury their oothecae underground.

See also

References

  1. "species Sphodropoda tristis Saussure, 1871: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. Milledge, Graham (2005). "Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (2): 191–210. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1442.
Taxon identifiers
Sphodropoda tristis
Mantis tristis


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