Mantis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae |
Genus: |
Mantis Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea.
Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis."
Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms):