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Conehead Mantises
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Conehead Mantises

Empusa

Empusa is a genus of praying mantids in the family Empusidae and tribe Empusini. Records of occurrence include Africa, mainland Europe and western Asia through to India.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Mediterranean Conehead Mantis

speciesEmpusa pennata

Fasciated Conehead Mantid

speciesEmpusa fasciata

Empusa pennicornis

speciesEmpusa pennicornis

Spotty Conehead Mantid

speciesEmpusa binotata

Empusa guttula

speciesEmpusa guttula

Empusa hedenborgii

speciesEmpusa hedenborgii

Empusa spinosa

speciesEmpusa spinosa

Empusa longicollis

speciesEmpusa longicollis

Empusa simonyi

speciesEmpusa simonyi

Empusa romboidea

speciesEmpusa romboidea

Empusa uvarovi

speciesEmpusa uvarovi

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55123.