Tropidomantis kawaharai
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| Tropidomantis kawaharai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Nanomantidae |
| Genus: | Tropidomantis |
| Species: | T. kawaharai |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidomantis kawaharai | |
Tropidomantis kawaharai is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae.[2] It is endemic to the remote Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It was described from two specimens collected from the island of Hiva Oa. It is notable for being the first praying mantis species known from the archipelago.[1]