Ceratocrania

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Ceratocrania
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Ceratocrania macra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Hymenopodidae
Subfamily: Phyllothelyinae
Tribe: Phyllothelyini
Genus: Ceratocrania
Westwood, 1889

Ceratocrania [1] is a genus of praying mantises in the family Hymenopodidae. Species are recorded from Malesia.

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Species

The Mantodea Species File lists: [2]

  1. Ceratocrania macra Westwood, 1889 - type species
  2. Ceratocrania malayae Wood-Mason, 1889

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