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Pseudocreobotra
Sign in to savePseudocreobotra is a genus of Sub-Saharan flower mantises. They are visually similar to Creobroter species of Asia, but belong to different subfamilies. Their forewings have prominent spiralled eyespots, which are flashed in a silent deimatic display, to startle would-be predators. The nymphs however, expand the raised abdomen in response to threats, to reveal a single dorsal eyespot. The species are easily reared in captivity.
Species
Common Spiny Flower Mantis
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderMantodea
- FamilyHymenopodidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Hymenopodidae
- Collections
- UPS, USNM, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV)
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Indonesia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hymenopodidae
- Image
- Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii 03.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pseudocreobotra
- taxon name
- Pseudocreobotra
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pseudocreobotra
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Pseudocreobotra is a genus of Sub-Saharan flower mantises. They are visually similar to Creobroter species of Asia, but belong to different subfamilies. Their forewings have prominent spiralled eyespots, which are flashed in a silent deimatic display, to startle would-be predators. The nymphs however, expand the raised abdomen in response to threats, to reveal a single dorsal eyespot. The species are easily reared in captivity.
==Species== The species include: Pseudocreobotra amarae Rehn, 1901 Pseudocreobotra ocellata Beauvois, 1805 Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi Stål, 1871
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