| Bolbe pygmaea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Nanomantidae |
| Genus: | Bolbe |
| Species: | B. pygmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Bolbe pygmaea Saussure, 1871 | |
Bolbe pygmaea is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae.[1] It is endemic to Australia.
Description
At approximately 1 cm in length when fully grown, Bolbe pygmea is the smallest species of praying mantis in the world.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
See also
- List of Australian stick insects and mantids
- Mantodea of Oceania
- List of mantis genera and species
References
- ↑ Tree of Life Web Project. 2005
- ↑ Taxonomicon
- ↑ Archived 2007-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Inspecta Insect World
- ↑ Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Trek Nature
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of California & Tuolumne County - ↑ Nile's Biological Inc.
- ↑ Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine John Shelley's Garden Center & Nursery, Inc.
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