Two adult female Ghost Mantises with a 50 cent euro coin (diameter 24.25 mm) for size comparison
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
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, containing three species, Phyllocrania illudens, Phyllocrania insignis, Phyllocrania paradoxa.
Phyllocrania paradoxa, common name ghost mantis, is a small species of mantis from Africa remarkable for its leaf-like body. It is one of the three species...
Phyllocrania is a genus of mantis in the family Hymenopodidae, containing three species, Phyllocrania illudens, Phyllocrania insignis, Phyllocrania paradoxa...
titinggalit Subadult female Phyllocrania paradoxa Two adult female P. paradoxa Subadult female P. paradoxa Male Phyllocrania paradoxa, probably subadult...
dead leaf mantis), A. falcata (South American dead leaf mantis), and Phyllocrania paradoxa (more common known as the ghost mantis).[failed verification]...
(Saussure, 1870) is now placed in the Hymenopodidae: Phyllothelyinae Phyllocrania (Burmeister, 1838) is now placed in the Hymenopodidae: Phyllocraniinae...