| Iris polystictica | |
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| Iris polystictica (female) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Eremiaphilidae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Species: | I. polystictica |
| Binomial name | |
| Iris polystictica (Fischer-Walheim, 1846) [1] | |
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Dot-winged Mantis (Iris polystictica) is a species of praying mantis found in Central Asia, Caucasus, southeastern Ukraine, [2] southern Siberia, China, and Mongolia. [3] It is the only species of the mantis genus Iris that is found in Russia. [4]