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Acanthops
Sign in to saveAcanthops is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae, containing 20 species that can be found in Central and South America.
Species
Banyan tussock moth
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderMantodea
- FamilyAcanthopidae
Observations5,872
Observations recorded739
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Acanthopidae
- Collections
- UMNH, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), UPS, USNM, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARAN· (UFPR )
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Costa Rica, Trinidad And Tobago, Thailand, Peru, Guatemala, Brazil, Panama
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acanthopidae
- Image
- Acanthops falcataria - Leonardo Breder Passalacqua - 364643139.jpeg
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Etymology
- Taxonomy
- See also
- References
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Acanthops is a genus of mantises in the family Acanthopidae, containing 20 species that can be found in Central and South America.
== Description == Most species in Acanthops are colloquially referred to as the dead leaf mantis, a common name also used for species in several other mantid genera.
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