Burying mantis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Sphodropoda
Species:
S. tristis
Binomial name
Sphodropoda tristis
(Saussure, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Sphodropoda mjobergi Sjostedt, 1918
  • Sphodropoda moesta Giglio-Tos, 1911
  • Sphodropoda papua Beier, 1965

The burying mantis (Sphodropoda tristis) is a species of mantis native to Australia.[1] They are grey/brown or green, frequently with mottled patterning on the wings, and a have distinctive pale tubercles on the forelegs.[2] Both sexes can reach lengths of up to 70 mm long. Their common name comes from the behaviour of females, which infrequently bury their oothecae underground.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "species Sphodropoda tristis Saussure, 1871: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. ↑ Milledge, Graham (2005). "Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (2): 191–210. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1442.


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