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| Name | latin |
Oxyopsis gracilis |
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| | Systematics | Super-Order |
Dictyoptera |
| Order |
Mantodea |
| Family |
Mantidae |
| Subfamily |
Stagmatopterinae |
| Tribe |
Stagmatopterini |
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| | First Description | Author |
GIGLIO-TOS |
| Year |
1914 |
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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. 4,5cm |
| Female |
ca. 4,8cm |
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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. 5,5 (3 + 2,5) months / ~ 6 moltings |
| Female |
ca. 8,5 (3,5 + 5) months / ~ 7 moltings |
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| Sexing
Sexing
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Morphologically differences between male and female.
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| Male |
L5 and above: smaller than females, by counting the abdominal segments (8 segments)
adult: smaller and thinner than females, transparent wings, long antennas |
| Female |
L5 and above: bigger than the males in the smae larvae-stadium, by counting the abdominal segments (6 segments) adult: bigger and more compact than males, lime- green wings, short antennas |
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| | | | | Spreading | Bolivia, Paraguay |
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| Southamerica |
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| | Habitat | bushes, trees, tropical rainforest |
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| | Aggressiveness | low |
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| | Hint | Males have transparent wings. |
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