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Name | latin |
Miomantis paykullii |
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Egyptian Mantis |
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| IGM-Number | 4 |
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| Systematics | Super-Order |
Dictyoptera |
| Order |
Mantodea |
| Family |
Mantidae |
| Subfamily |
Miomantinae |
| Tribe |
Miomantini |
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| First Description | Author |
STÅL |
| Year |
1871 |
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| Size
Quotation of Size
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The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.
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| Male |
ca. 3,5cm |
| Female |
ca. 3,5cm- 4cm |
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| Lifespan
Quotation of the Lifespan
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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
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| Male |
ca. 4 (2 + 2) months |
| Female |
ca. 6 (2 + 4) months |
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| Sexing
Sexing
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Morphologically differences between male and female.
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| 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 |
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| | | | Spreading | Egypt, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Kenya, Mauretania, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Uganda, Zimbabwe |
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| Habitat | bushes and grass
inhabits steppes and dry habitats |
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| Aggressiveness | very high |
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| Colorvariants | differend brown and green tones |
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| Hint | very adjustable , especially in wood wool or grass hardly observable |
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