Biology:Blepharopsis mendica
| Blepharopsis mendica | |
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| B. mendica on a tyre of a car | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Empusidae |
| Subfamily: | Blepharodinae |
| Genus: | Blepharopsis Rehn, 1902 |
| Species: | B. mendica
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| Binomial name | |
| Blepharopsis mendica (Fabricius, 1775)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mantis mendica Fabricius, 1775[1] | |
Blepharopsis mendica is a species of praying mantis found in North Africa, parts of the Mediterranean, Middle East and southern Asia, and on the Canary Islands, and the sole member of the genus Blepharopsis. Egyptian flower mantis, thistle mantis, and Arab mantis are among its common names.[2][3][4]
In deimatic display, the adult rotates its head and thorax to one side, displaying the bright colours on the insides of its forelegs and the undersides of its hindwings, and holds its wings slightly spread behind the body, making it seem large and threatening.[5]
Range
Its range includes Afghanistan, Egypt, Algeria, Ethiopia, India , Iran, Israel, Jordan, Canary Islands, Libya, Libanon, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Pakistan , Somalia, Sudan, Tschad, Tunisia, Turkey, and Cyprus.[1]
Habitat
This species lives in terrestrial areas like herbaceous vegetation and spiny bushes. Their color makes them well suited for mimicry of leaves, spiny or dry bushes, and vegetation in deserts due to their coloration.[6]
Subspecies
- Blepharopsis mendica mendica (Fabricius, 1775)
- Blepharopsis mendica nuda (Giglio-Tos, 1917) Ethiopia, Arabialilie], Yemen, Israel, Palestine, Somalia; Afghanistan?[1][7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Texas A&M University
- ↑ Mantis in Iberia
- ↑ Mantis Place
- ↑ Danne's Animals
- ↑ "Thistle Mantis". Keeping Insects. 2013. http://www.keepinginsects.com/praying-mantis/species/thistle-mantis/. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
- ↑ "IUCN". http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/summary/57703/0.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org species Blepharopsis mendica (Fabricius, 1775) Retrieval date: Feb. 10th 2016
Wikidata ☰ Q1633649 entry
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