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Name | latin |
Plistospilota guineensis |
| english |
Giant Mantis |
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| IGM-Number | 111 |
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| Systematics | Super-Order |
Dictyoptera |
| Order |
Mantodea |
| Family |
Mantidae |
| Subfamily |
Mantinae |
| Tribe |
Polyspilotini |
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| First Description | Author |
ROY |
| Year |
1965 |
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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. 9cm |
| Female |
ca. 10cm- 11cm |
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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 |
7,5 (5,5 + 2) months / ~ 9 moltings |
| Female |
11 (6 + 5) months / ~ 10 moltings |
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| Sexing
Sexing
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Morphologically differences between male and female.
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| Male |
L6 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (8 segments)
adult: long antennas, thinner and smaller than females, 8 abdominalsegments |
| Female |
L6 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (6 segments)
adult: more compact and bigger than males, significant more corpulent abdomen, 6 abdominalsegments |
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| | | | Spreading | Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia |
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Africa |
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| Habitat | bushes and shrubbes with less tangly branches
inhabits warm and damp areas |
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| Aggressiveness | high |
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| Colorvariants | none |
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| Hint | overwhelms relative huge and strong prey |
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