Amantis nawai
Amantis nawai | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Gonypetidae |
Genus: | Amantis |
Species: | A. nawai
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Binomial name | |
Amantis nawai , 1908
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Amantis nawai is a small species of praying mantis native to eastern Asia.
Description[]
- Females: 15–20 millimetres (0.59–0.79 in), micropterous
- Males: 13–17 millimetres (0.51–0.67 in) in length, micropterous or macropterous
Distribution[]
It is found in China, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan;[1] in Japan on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa,[2] and South Korea.[3]
Habitat[]
They are found on the forest floor and low trees, where they eat insects such as ants.[2] Often found around Machilus thunbergii and Castanopsis sieboldii, and other lush vegetation shaded by broadleaf evergreen trees and large rocks.
Oothecae are found on rocks and tree bark.
References[]
Categories:
- Amantis
- Mantodea of Asia
- Insects of China
- Insects of Japan
- Insects of Korea
- Insects of Sri Lanka
- Insects of Taiwan
- Invertebrates of Korea
- Insects described in 1908
- Mantidae stubs