Diabantia

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Diabantia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Thespidae
Subfamily: Bantiinae
Genus: Diabantia
Giglio-Tos, 1915

Diabantia is a genus of praying mantises in the family Thespidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Diabantia minima. [1]

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  1. "genus Diabantia Giglio-Tos, 1915: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-11-13.