Arthropods
🦗European mantis
Mantis religiosa (Linne, 1758)
La Mante religieuse (Mantis religiosa) est une espèce d'insectes de la famille des Mantidae originaire du bassin méditerranéen, introduite en Asie et en Amérique du Nord.
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Also called
praying mantis, European Mantid
Conservation status
LCLeast concern
IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
Population trendUnknown
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderMantodea
- ›familyMantidae
- ›genusMantis
- ›speciesMantis religiosa
Full lineage
- classInsects · Insecta
- genusDictyoptera
- orderMantodea
- genusMantis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- genusDictyoptera
- orderMantodea
- genusMantis
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In other languages
kudlanka nábožná (cs), 薄翅螳 (zh), pregadeu (ca), Europäische Gottesanbeterin (de), Mantis religiosa (es), Mante religieuse (fr) … and 23 more languages
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