Stenophylla

This article is about a genus of praying mantis insects. For the species of coffee plant, see Coffea stenophylla.

Stenophylla
Stenophylla cornigera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Acanthopidae
Tribe: Stenophyllini
Genus: Stenophylla
Westwood, 1845

Stenophylla is a genus of praying mantis in the subfamily Stenophyllinae, which is now placed in the family Acanthopidae. It the sole genus of the tribe Stenophyllini.[1]

Females of the species Stenophylla lobivertex have an inflatable green pheromone gland on their backs, presumably to attract male conspecifics.[2] It is unknown whether such an organ is found on other species in the genus, or indeed in other members of Mantodea.

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