Pseudocreobotra ocellata

(Pseudocreobotra ocellata)

Description

Pseudocreobotra ocellata, known as the African flower mantis or (with other species) as the spiny flower mantis, is a Flower Mantis (1.5 inches or 38 millimetres) native to Africa, ranging from Angola and South Africa in the south to Uganda in the east and Senegal in the west. It was described by the French naturalist Palisot de Beauvois in 1805.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Mantodea
Family:Hymenopodidae
Genus:Pseudocreobotra
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