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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Empusidae |
Genus: | Idolomantis Uvarov, 1940 (replacement name for Idolum Saussure, 1869 nec Idolum Pfeiffer, 1856) |
Species: | I. diabolica
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Binomial name | |
Idolomantis diabolica (Saussure, 1869)
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Idolomantis is a monotypic genus of praying mantises in the family Empusidae. It contains the single species, Idolomantis diabolica, commonly known as the devil's flower mantis or giant devil's flower mantis. It is one of the largest species of praying mantises, and is possibly the largest that mimics flowers.[3]