Sibylla pretiosa

Cryptic mantis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Subfamily: Sibyllinae
Tribe: Sibylini
Genus: Sibylla
Species:
S. pretiosa
Binomial name
Sibylla pretiosa
Stål, 1856
Synonyms
  • Sibylla fuscosparsa F.Lombardo, 1997

Sibylla pretiosa,[1] commonly known as the cryptic mantis, is a species of mantis found in southern Africa.[2] They have a long and thin prothorax.[2] The distinctively ornamented species has projections on the head, prothorax, and four femora. They live on tree bark in woodlands.

  1. ^ Stål C (1856) Ofvers. K. VetensAkad. Forh. Stockh. 13: 168.
  2. ^ a b Picker, Mike; et al. (2004). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-77007-061-5.