| Phyllocrania paradoxa | |
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| Male ghost mantis in one of the older nymph stages, probably sub-adult | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Hymenopodidae |
| Genus: | Phyllocrania |
| Species: | P. paradoxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllocrania paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838)
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Phyllocrania paradoxa, common name ghost mantis, is a small species of mantis from Africa remarkable for its leaf-like body. It is one of the three species in the genus Phyllocrania. It is known for its distinct and exclusive camouflaged appearance of a dry weathered leaf.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ [1] Archived 2008-06-08 at the Wayback Machine PhasmidsinCyberspace.com 2005
- ^ [2] Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine PrayingMantid.co.uk
- ^ [3] Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine 2006 Bugman Educational Entoprises