Boxer mantis
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Boxer mantis is a common name given to various species of praying mantis. The name comes from the way these mantises move their oversized grasping forelimbs as they communicate with each other.
Communication
[edit | edit source]When boxer mantises encounter one another, they rapidly tremble their forelimbs, displaying the patterned interior faces to each other and waving them in slow arcs. This is believed to be a way of preventing member of the same species from eating each other.[1]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Acromantis gestri Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Thai boxer mantis,[2] Thailand boxer mantis, Sumatran Acromantis)
- Acromantis japonica Westwood, 1889 (Japanese boxer mantis)
- Astyliasula major
- Ephestiasula pictipes (purple boxer mantis)
- Otomantis sp.[3]
- Oxypilus distinctus (Beier, 1930)[4] (Gambian boxer mantis [5])
- Theopropus elegans (banded flower mantis, Asian boxer mantis)
See also
[edit | edit source]- Dead leaf mantis
- Flower mantis
- Grass mantis
- Leaf mantis
- Shield mantis
- Stick mantis
- List of mantis genera and species
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Alien Insect: Praying Mantis, 2004, by Discovery Channel.
- ^ Thailand Boxer Praying Mantis - Acromantis gestri
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