Deroplatys
Deroplatys | |
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Adult female Deroplatys desiccata photographed at Bristol Zoo in 2007 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae |
Subfamily: | Deroplatyinae |
Tribe: | Deroplatyini |
Genus: | Deroplatys Westwood (1839) |
Species | |
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Deroplatys is a genus of mantis in the tribe Deroplatyini of the subfamily Deroplatyinae of the family Mantidae. They are native to Asia and several share the common name dead leaf mantis.[1]
Species
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Captivity
There are 4 Deroplatys species that are kept and bred in captivity and they are:
Additional Images
- Adult male Deroplatys lobata
- Adult male Deroplatys lobata
- Adult female Deroplatys lobata
- Adult female Deroplatys lobata
- Adult female Deroplatys lobata
- Adult female Deroplatys lobata
- Adult female Deroplatys desiccata
- Deroplatys lobata 4th instar nymphs female and male thorax. Male on the left and female on the right.
- Adult female Deroplatys lobata
- Dead adult female Deroplatys lobata
- Dead adult male Deroplatys desiccata
See also
References
- ↑ Dead Leaf Praying Mantis
- ↑ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=352
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