Sphodromantis
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| Sphodromantis | |
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| Adult female Sphodromantis viridis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Tribe: | Paramantini |
| Genus: | Sphodromantis Stål, 1871 |
| Species | |
Sphodromantis is a large genus of praying mantises concentrated in Africa, sometimes considered a synonym of the genus Hierodula: from the same family, Mantidae. Outside their range especially, many share the common name African Mantis.[1][2][3][4]
The following species are recognised in the genus Sphodromantis:[5]
- Sphodromantis abessinica Sjöstedt, 1930
- Sphodromantis aethiopica La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
- Sphodromantis annobonensis Llorente, 1968
- Sphodromantis aurea Giglio-Tos, 1917 (Congo Green Mantis)[6]
- Sphodromantis aureoides Roy, 2010
- Sphodromantis baccettii La Greca & Lombardo, 1987 (Giant African Praying Mantis)[7]
- Sphodromantis balachowskyi La Greca, 1967 (African Mantis, African Praying Mantis)
- Sphodromantis biocellata Werner, 1906
- Sphodromantis centralis Rehn, 1914 (African Mantis, Central African Mantis)
- Sphodromantis citernii Giglio-Tos, 1917
- Sphodromantis congica Beier, 1931 (Congo Mantis)
- Sphodromantis conspicua La Greca, 1967
- Sphodromantis elegans Sjöstedt, 1930
- Sphodromantis elongata La Greca, 1969
- Sphodromantis fenestrata Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Sphodromantis gastrica Stal, 1858 (Common Green Mantis, African Mantis) [8]
- Sphodromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1912
- Sphodromantis giubana La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
- Sphodromantis gracilicollis Beier, 1930
- Sphodromantis gracilis Lombardo, 1992
- Sphodromantis hyalina La Greca, 1955
- Sphodromantis kersteni Gerstaecker, 1869
- Sphodromantis lagrecai Lombardo, 1990
- Sphodromantis lineola Burmeister, 1838 (African Praying Mantis, African Mantis, Giant African Mantis, African Lined Mantis)[9]
- Sphodromantis obscura Beier & Hocking, 1965
- Sphodromantis pachinota La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
- Sphodromantis pardii La Greca & Lombardo, 1987
- Sphodromantis pavonina La Greca, 1956
- Sphodromantis pupillata Bolivar, 1912
- Sphodromantis royi La Greca, 1967
- Sphodromantis rubrostigma Werner, 1916
- Sphodromantis rudolfae Rehn, 1901
- Sphodromantis socotrana (Roy, 2010)
- Sphodromantis splendida Hebard, 1920
- Sphodromantis stigmosa (Roy, 2010)
- Sphodromantis tenuidentata Lombardo, 1992
- Sphodromantis viridis Forskål, 1775 (Giant African Mantis)
- Sphodromantis werneri (Roy, 2010)
