Oxyothespis

Short description: Genus of praying mantises

Oxyothespis

Oxythespis persica, Iran
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Mantodea
Family:  | Toxoderidae
Tribe:  | Oxyothespini
Genus:  | Oxyothespis
Saussure, 1870
Synonyms

* Oxythespis Saussure, 1871

Oxyothespis is a genus of praying mantis in the family Toxoderidae.[1][2] Members of this genus have been called grass mantises.

## Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Oxyothespis:[3]

* Oxyothespis acuticeps
* Oxyothespis alata
* Oxyothespis apostata
* Oxyothespis bifurcata
* Oxyothespis brevicollis
* Oxyothespis brevipennis
* Oxyothespis dumonti (North African grass mantis)
* Oxyothespis flavipennis
* Oxyothespis longicollis
* Oxyothespis longipennis
* Oxyothespis mammillata
* Oxyothespis maroccana
* Oxyothespis meridionalis
* Oxyothespis nilotica
* Oxyothespis noctivaga
* Oxyothespis parva
* Oxyothespis pellucida
* Oxyothespis persica
* Oxyothespis philbyi
* Oxyothespis senegalensis
* Oxyothespis sudanensis
* Oxyothespis tricolor
* Oxyothespis villiersi
* Oxyothespis wagneri

## See also

* List of mantis genera and species

## References

1. ↑ "Taxonomy Browser". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=1661843.
2. ↑ "Oxyothespis". http://tolweb.org/Oxyothespis/12748.
3. ↑ "genus Oxyothespis Saussure, 1870: Mantodea Species File". http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184634.

See also Wikidata entry Q7116068.

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