Chloroharpax

Chloroharpax is a genus of praying mantis in the family Hymenopodidae. The genus is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Chloroharpax modesta, commonly called the Nigerian flower mantis, and is found across West Africa.

Nigerian flower mantis
Adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Genus: Chloroharpax
Werner, 1908
Species:
C. modesta
Binomial name
Chloroharpax modesta
(Gerstaecker, 1883)
Synonyms

(Species)

  • Chloroharpax ocellifer Werner, 1908

Description

Both males and females are about 3-4 centimeters in length when adult while 1st instar nymphs are about 4-5 millimeters in length.[1] The adults are bright green with rounded blue eyes; adult females have a pair yellow ocellated eyespots on their wings.[2] The species is able to hunt prey larger than itself, attacking and chasing its prey.[2]

Range

Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Cameroon.[3][4]

Captivity

Chloroharpax modesta are kept in captivity. This species of mantis are cannibalistic.

See also

References
  1. "USA Mantis". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  2. "Deadly Mantis". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  3. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/specimen/ShowSpecimen.aspx?Router=NewPage
  4. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1035
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