Global InformationOligonicella scudderi information
| Scudder's mantis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Thespidae |
| Genus: | Oligonicella |
| Species: | O. scudderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligonicella scudderi Saussure (1870)
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Oligonicella scudderi, common name Scudder's mantis or slender prairie mantid, is a species of praying mantis native to the southern United States. It is a small brown insect; the males can fly but the females are wingless.