Mantis (genus)

The genus Mantis is in the family Mantidae, of the mantis order Mantodea.

Some of its species have the common name "praying mantis".

Species
Mantis is a small genus of mantises, which includes 9 species (others are synonyms):
 * Mantis beieri Roy, 1999 – Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Mantis callifera Wood-Mason, 1882
 * Mantis carinata Cosmovici, 1888
 * Mantis dilaticollis Gistel, 1856
 * Mantis emortualis Saussure, 1869
 * Mantis griveaudi Paulian, 1958
 * Mantis insignis Beier, 1954 – Angola, Guinea, Congo
 * Mantis macroalata Lindt, 1973 – Tajikistan
 * Mantis macrocephala Lindt, 1974 – Tajikistan
 * Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889 — "eight-spotted mantis", or "blackbarrel mantid", Australia
 * Mantis pia Serville, 1839
 * Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) — European mantis, or "praying mantis"Brown praying mantis.jpg
 * Mantis splendida de Haan, 1842
 * Mantis tricolor Linne, 1767