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| Cryptic mantis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Hymenopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Sibyllinae |
| Tribe: | Sibylini |
| Genus: | Sibylla |
| Species: | S. pretiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Sibylla pretiosa Stål, 1856
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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.
- ^ Stål C (1856) Ofvers. K. VetensAkad. Forh. Stockh. 13: 168.
- ^ 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.