Deroplatys

Deroplatys
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:

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Dead Leaf Praying Mantis
  2. ↑ http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=352
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