Bolbe pygmaea
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Bolbe pygmaea is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae.[http://www.tolweb.org/Bolbe/12603] Tree of Life Web Project. 2005 It is endemic to Australia.
Description
At approximately 1 cm in length when fully grown, Bolbe pygmea is the smallest species of praying mantis in the world.[https://archive.today/20071105045504/http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=17589] Taxonomicon[http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/mantids/praying/index.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826153919/http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/mantids/praying/index.html |date=2007-08-26 }} Inspecta Insect World[http://www.treknature.com/gallery/South_America/photo168360.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927074209/http://www.treknature.com/gallery/South_America/photo168360.htm |date=2011-09-27 }} Trek Nature{{cite web|url=http://cetuolumne.ucdavis.edu/newsletterfiles/Master_Gardeners_of_Tuolumne_County_Newsletter12413.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610033938/http://cetuolumne.ucdavis.edu/newsletterfiles/Master_Gardeners_of_Tuolumne_County_Newsletter12413.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-10 }} U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of California & Tuolumne County[http://www.nilesbio.com/prod318.html] Nile's Biological Inc.[http://www.gdnctr.com/ipm.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511155056/http://www.gdnctr.com/ipm.htm |date=2008-05-11 }} John Shelley's Garden Center & Nursery, Inc.
See also
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Category:Endemic flora of Australia
Category:Insects described in 1871
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