Miomantis
paykullii
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Name latin Miomantis paykullii
english Egyptian Mantis
IGM-Number 4
Systematics

Systematics

All data for the systematics is taken from Reinhard Ehrmann's book "Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt" (Mantodea - Praying mantids of the world).

More about this book can be found in the section literature at this page.

Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Mantodea
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Miomantinae
Tribe Miomantini
First Description Author STÅL
Year 1871
Size

Quotation of Size

The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.

Male ca. 3,5cm
Female ca. 3,5cm- 4cm
Lifespan

Quotation of the Lifespan

The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:

overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")

Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month

Male ca. 4 (2 + 2) months
Female ca. 6 (2 + 4) months
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Male L5 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (8 segments)
adult: smaller and slender than the female, wings are longer than the abdomen, otherwise by counting the abdominal- segments
Female L5 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (6 segments)
adult: more compact than the males, wings are not as long as the abdomen, otherwise by counting the abdominal- segments
Spreading

Spreading

For a better overview, only whole countries are listed for the quotation of spreading, even if a species can only be found in a small part of that country.

All data for the spreading is taken from Reinhard Ehrmann's book "Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt" (Mantodea - Praying mantids of the world).
More about this book can be found in the section literature at this page.

At the menu "Spreading" for each country only the genus but the species is printed (Exception: on this site described species).

Egypt, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Kenya, Mauretania, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Africa
Africa
Habitat bushes and grass
inhabits steppes and dry habitats
Aggressiveness very high
Colorvariants differend brown and green tones
Hint very adjustable , especially in wood wool or grass hardly observable

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