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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Hymenopodidae |
Tribe: | Hymenopodini |
Subtribe: | Pseudocreobotrina |
Genus: |
Chloroharpax Werner, 1908 |
Species: | C. modesta
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Binomial name | |
Chloroharpax modesta (Gerstaecker, 1883)
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Synonyms | |
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Chloroharpax is a genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae. The genus is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Chloroharpax modesta, commonly called the Nigerian flower mantis, and is found across West Africa.[ citation needed]
Both males and females are about 3-4 centimeters in length when adult while 1st instar nymphs are about 4-5 millimeters in length. [1] The adults are bright green with rounded blue eyes; adult females have a pair yellow ocellated eyespots on their wings. [2] The species is able to hunt prey larger than itself, attacking and chasing its prey. [2]
Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Cameroon. [3] [4]
Chloroharpax | |
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Adult female | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Hymenopodidae |
Tribe: | Hymenopodini |
Subtribe: | Pseudocreobotrina |
Genus: |
Chloroharpax Werner, 1908 |
Species: | C. modesta
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Binomial name | |
Chloroharpax modesta (Gerstaecker, 1883)
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Synonyms | |
(Species)
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Chloroharpax is a genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae. The genus is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Chloroharpax modesta, commonly called the Nigerian flower mantis, and is found across West Africa.[ citation needed]
Both males and females are about 3-4 centimeters in length when adult while 1st instar nymphs are about 4-5 millimeters in length. [1] The adults are bright green with rounded blue eyes; adult females have a pair yellow ocellated eyespots on their wings. [2] The species is able to hunt prey larger than itself, attacking and chasing its prey. [2]
Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Cameroon. [3] [4]