Heterochaeta (mantis)

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Heterochaeta
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Heterochaeta strachani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Toxoderidae
Subfamily: Heterochaetinae
Genus: Heterochaeta
Westwood 1845 [1]
Type species
Heterochaeta tenuipes
Westwood, 1841

Heterochaeta is a genus of mantis native to Africa. [2]

Species

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References

  1. "genus Heterochaeta Westwood, 1845". mantodea.speciesfile.org.
  2. "Heterochaeta Westwood, 1845". www.gbif.org.