| Peruvian stick mantis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Genus: | Pseudovates |
| Species: | P. peruviana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudovates peruviana Rehn, 1911
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Pseudovates peruviana, common name Peruvian stick mantis, is a medium-sized species of praying mantis endemic to Peru.[1][2][3][4]
It takes its name from its slender, twig-like body, often dark brown in coloration, with two dark markings on its wings.[5] Females can also have green forewings, mottled to mimic dying leaves."[6]
This species, like many other mantids, can be kept as a pet.
- ^ Arnovis Agudelo Rondón, Antonio (December 2007). "Checklist of the Neotropical mantids (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea)". Biota Colombiana. 8 (Número 2): 25.
- ^ [1] Texas A&M University
- ^ [2][permanent dead link] Peruvian Stick Mantis
- ^ [3] Archived 2008-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Pseudovates peruviana
- ^ [4] Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine The Peruvian Stick...
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
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