Everything about Mantidae totally explained
Mantidae is the largest family of the order
Mantodea, commonly known as praying mantises; most are tropical or subtropical. Historically, this was the only family in the order, and many people and references still use the term "mantid" to refer to any mantis; technically, however, "mantid" refers only to members of Mantidae, and not the 8 remaining families of mantises. Note that some of the most recent classifications elevate a number of the mantid subfamilies to family rank, for example "Iridopterygidae", "Sibyllidae", "Tarachodidae", "Thespidae", and "Toxoderidae".
Many species are found in North America, and the three most common are the
European mantis (
Mantis religiosa), the
Chinese mantis (
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis), and the
Carolina mantis (
Stagmomantis carolina). Of these, only the last is native to the continent - the European and Chinese species were introduced around the 1900s as garden predators in an attempt to control pest populations.
Image:Mantis_ootheca.jpg|A mantis Ootheca
Subfamilies
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