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Can anyone tell me where i can get a comprehensive list of mantis names. (both latin and common)

ive seen some mantis advertised with different names for the same species and dont know which is correct.

 
Related question: How do you pluralize the latin name? Is it two phyllocrania paradoxa or two phyllocrania paradoxas?

 
Welcome Kelvin. Please register and make an intro in the introductions forum.

My personal list:

wide arm mantis-Cilnia humeralis

Dead leaf (Deroplatys lobata)

Giant Asian (Hierodula membranacea)

Bud winged (Parasphendale affinis)

Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)

Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii)

Ghost mantis (Phyllocrania Paradoxa)

Marble Mantis (Hierodula Parviceps)

egyptian mantis (Miomantis Paykullii )

African mantis (Sphodromantis lineola/centralia/viridis)

African grass mantis (Oxyothespis Dumonti)

violin mantis (gongylus gongylodes)

Tenodera Aridifolia Sinensis=Chinese Mantids

Pseudocreobotra ocellata=Spinny Flower Mantis

Phyllocrania Paradoxa=Ghost Mantids

Stagmomantis Carolina=Carolina Mantids

Deroplatys Desiccata=Dead Leaf Mantis

Hierodula Membranacea=Giant Asian Mantis

Gongylus Gongylodes=Wondering Violin Mantis

Hymenopus Coronatus=Orchid Mantis

Creoboter Meleagris=Indian Flower Mantis

Popa Spurce=Twig Mantis

Rhombodera Basalis=Giant Malaysian Shield Mantis

Polyspillota Aeruginosa=Madagascan Marbled Mantis

Hierodula Trimaculata=Giant Malaysian Mantis

Blepharoppsis Mendica=Devils Flower Mantis

Sphodromantis Lineola=African Mantis

Parhymenopus Davidsoni=Yellow Flower Mantis

Theopropus Elegans=Banded Flower Mantis

Litaneutria Minor=Minor Ground Mantis

Miomantis Paykullii=Egyptian Mantis

Parasphendale Affinis=Bud Winged Ground Mantis

Acanthops Falcata=American dead Leaf Mantis

Otomantis Bolivar=Boxer Mantis

Mantis Religiosa=european mantis

Brunner's Mantis (Brunneria borealis)

Texas Unicorn Mantis,

Phyllovates Chlorophaea

 
What is the binomial species name of the Taiwan flower mantis? That link lists two acromantises. Which is which?

 
Can anyone answer this?
as is the case with common names, i doubt anyone can give you a definite answer to your question. people usually use acromantis formosana, however i have no idea whether this is accurate or not. either way, one species can go by many different names, all depending on whoever it is that can't be bothered to use the actual scientific name. there really is no excuse for it.

i know people say as beginners it is easier to learn the common names but is it really? at least learning the first part of the name is better than learning the common name, in my opinion. for example theoprous elegans. ive seen this called "banded flower mantis" and "boxer flower mantis" among other things, when it would be so much easier to say "theopropus", or "t.elegans", then it is highly likely that someone will know you are talking about theopropus elegans (probably).

i know i'm going on a bit, and of course in an ideal world, we would all use full scientific names. but my main point is, even if you find the scientific names difficult to learn, even half of the name is better than using one of the myriad common names.

i.diabolica, idolomantis, idolos, blephs, blepharopsis, blopsis, mendica, b.mendica : while not the full/completely accurate scientific names, in my opinion these are all preferable to whatever common name you can think of, and probably just as easy (if not easier) to learn than the common names.

devils flower mantis.... is that idolomantis diabolica or blepharopsis mendica? no wait, thats the thistle mantis right?

anyway, this has been discussed at length already, probably numerous times. it's all so silly.

 
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