Phyllocrania

Phyllocrania
Two adult female Ghost mantises with a 50-cent euro coin (diameter 24.25 mm) for size comparison
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Tribe: Phyllocranini
Genus: Phyllocrania
Burmeister, 1838
Species
  • Phyllocrania illudens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
  • Phyllocrania insignis (Westwood, 1843)
  • Phyllocrania paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838)

Phyllocrania is a genus of mantises in the family Hymenopodidae, commonly known as ghost mantises.

Species

This genus contains three species:

  • P. illudens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895) — Madagascar ghost mantis, shadow mantis
  • P. insignis (Westwood, 1843)
  • P. paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838) — ghost mantis, common ghost mantis

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