Amorphoscelis is a genus of praying mantis from the family Amorphoscelidae , living in Africa.
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 Amorphoscelis elegans | ||||||||||||||||
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| Amorphoscelis Stal, 1871 |
Amorphoscelis tuberculata
Description
Imago brown, gray or yellow. Characterized by the presence of long wings and antennae. Squat body, legs short. Like other praying mantises, they are active predators that hunt other insects .
Types
- Amorphoscelis abyssinica
- Amorphoscelis angolica
- Amorphoscelis annulicornis
- Amorphoscelis austrogermanica
- Amorphoscelis borneana
- Amorphoscelis brunneipennis
- Amorphoscelis ceylonica
- Amorphoscelis chinensis
- Amorphoscelis chopardi
- Amorphoscelis elegans
- Amorphoscelis griffini
- Amorphoscelis grisea
- Amorphoscelis javana
- Amorphoscelis lamottei
- Amorphoscelis laxeretis
- Amorphoscelis machadoi
- Amorphoscelis naumanni
- Amorphoscelis nigriventer
- Amorphoscelis nubeculosa
- Amorphoscelis opaca
- Amorphoscelis orientalis
- Amorphoscelis pallida
- Amorphoscelis pantherina
- Amorphoscelis papua
- Amorphoscelis parva
- Amorphoscelis pellucida
- Amorphoscelis philippina
- Amorphoscelis pulchella
- Amorphoscelis pulchra
- Amorphoscelis punctata
- Amorphoscelis reticulata
- Amorphoscelis rufula
- Amorphoscelis siebersi
- Amorphoscelis singaporana
- Amorphoscelis spinosa
- Amorphoscelis subnigra
- Amorphoscelis tigrina
- Amorphoscelis tuberculata
- Amorphoscelis villiersi