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Phyllocrania

Phyllocrania is a genus of mantis in the family Hymenopodidae, commonly known as Ghost Mantises.

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Phyllocrania
Two adult female Ghost Mantises with a 50 cent euro coin (diameter 24.25 mm) for size comparison
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Tribe: Phyllocranini
Genus: Phyllocrania
Burmeister, 1838
Species
  • Phyllocrania illudens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895)
  • Phyllocrania insignis (Westwood, 1843)
  • Phyllocrania paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838)

Phyllocrania is a genus of mantis in the family Hymenopodidae, commonly known as Ghost Mantises.

Species

This genus contains three species:

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