Chloroharpax

Chloroharpax
Adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Hymenopodidae
Tribe:	Hymenopodini
Subtribe:	Pseudocreobotrina
Genus:	Chloroharpax Werner, 1908
Species:	C. modesta
Binomial name
Chloroharpax modesta (Gerstaecker, 1883)
Synonyms
(Species) Chloroharpax ocelliferWerner, 1908

Chloroharpax is a genus of mantises in the family Hymenopodidae. The genus is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Chloroharpax modesta, commonly called the Nigerian flower mantis, and is found across West Africa.^{[ citation needed ]}

Description

Both males and females are about 3-4 centimeters in length when adult while 1st instar nymphs are about 4-5 millimeters in length. ^[1] The adults are bright green with rounded blue eyes; adult females have a pair yellow ocellated eyespots on their wings. ^[2] The species is able to hunt prey larger than itself, attacking and chasing its prey. ^[2]

Range

Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Cameroon. ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

References

1. "USA Mantis". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
2. "Deadly Mantis". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
3. "Data for specimen record".
4. "Species Chloroharpax modesta (Gerstaecker, 1883): Mantodea Species File".