Bolbena hottentotta
| Bolbena hottentotta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Nanomantidae |
| Genus: | Bolbena |
| Species: | B. hottentotta
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| Binomial name | |
| Bolbena hottentotta (Karny, 1908)
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Bolbena hottentotta, common name hottentot mantis, is a species of praying mantis found in Angola, Kenya, and Namibia.[1] It is a tiny mantis species in which nymphs are only about 2.5 millimetres (0.1 in) long and adult females grow to only 15 mm (0.6 in) long. This species has recently been introduced to cultivation but are still very rare and are raised by only a handful of breeders.[2][3]
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- ^ [1] Archived 2009-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Texas A&M University
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Bolbena hottentotta the smallest species in captivity - ^ [2] Solygia sulcatifrons (20 cm) and Bolbena hottentotta (12 mm)
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