Statilia

Statilia is a genus of praying mantis that resembles dead or living grass. Statilia species live in Australia, Africa, Asia and islands.^[1]

Statilia
Statilia maculata mating pair
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Tribe:	Mantini
Genus:	Statilia Stål, 1877
Species
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Species

The Mantodea Species File^[2] lists:

• Statilia agresta Zheng, 1987
• Statilia apicalis Saussure, 1871
• Statilia chayuensis Zhang, 1983
• Statilia flavobrunnea Zhang, 1984
• Statilia maculata Thunberg, 1784
  • S. maculata maculata Thungberg, 1784
  • S. maculata continentalis Werner, 1935
• Statilia major Werner, 1922
• Statilia nemoralis Saussure 1870 - type species
• Statilia nobilis Brunner, 1893
• Statilia occibivittata Yang 1997
• Statilia ocellata Uvarov, 1922
• Statilia pallida Werner, 1922
• Statilia spanis Wang, 1993
• Statilia viridibrunnea Zhang, 1984

See also

• List of mantis genera and species
• Chinese Mantis

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20161025112710/http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Mantidae.txt
2. "genus Statilia Stal, 1877: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2023-12-29.

External links

• Media related to Statilia at Wikimedia Commons