African mantis
{{short description|Species of praying mantis}}
file:Sphodromantis viridis.jpg
African mantis and African praying mantis are common names for many species of praying mantis native to Africa.
The following genera and species are often referred to by these names, by variants of them, or by common names including the name of an African nation:
- Miomantis
- Miomantis caffra — South African mantis
- Oxyothespis
- Oxyothespis dumonti — African grass mantis
{{cite web
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|title=African Grass Mantis. * Oxyothespis dumonti
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- Popa
- Popa spurca — African twig mantis
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|archive-date=2009-01-07
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{{cite web
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|title=African Mantis
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330102342/bugsdirectuk.com/mantis.html
|archive-date=2009-03-30
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{{cite web
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|date=2007-10-17
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|archive-date=2011-06-15
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{{cite web
|url=https://exotic-pets.co.uk/african-mantis.html
|title=African Praying Mantis
|access-date=2008-07-23
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916040228/exotic-pets.co.uk/african-mantis.html
|archive-date=2009-09-16
|url-status=dead
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{{cite web
|url=http://freespace.virgin.net/noel.batten/sphodromantiscare.html
|title=African Praying Mantis: Sphodromantis gastrica, lineola, viridis and centralis
|access-date=2008-07-23
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916040228/freespace.virgin.net/noel.batten/sphodromantiscare.html
|archive-date=2009-09-16
|url-status=dead
}}
- Sphodromantis belachowski
- Sphodromantis centralis
- Sphodromantis gastrica
- Sphodromantis lineola
- Sphodromantis viridis — Giant African mantis.
- Tarachodes — African bark mantis
{{cite web
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|title=African Bark Mantis
|access-date=2008-07-22
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820060233/mantisplace.com/hangff.html
|archive-date=2008-08-20
|url-status=dead
}}
See also
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