Sibylla (mantis)

Sibylla
S. pretiosa in South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Sibyllidae
Subfamily: Sibyllinae
Tribe: Sibylini
Genus: Sibylla
Binomial name
Sibylla
Stal, 1856

Sibylla is a genus of mantises in the family Sibyllidae consisting of 13 species.[1] They have a long and thin prothorax with lateral and dorsal projections. The head bears an erect process with four sideways spikes.[2]

Subgenera, species, subspecies

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See also

References

  1. ITIS Catalogue of Life
  2. Picker, Mike; et al. (2004). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.
  3. Mantodea.speciesfile.org: Genus Sibylla
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