| Liturgusa maya | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Liturgusidae |
| Genus: | Liturgusa |
| Species: | L. maya |
| Binomial name | |
| Liturgusa maya Saussure and Zehntner 1894 | |
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Liturgusa maya is a species of praying mantis in the family Liturgusidae. [1] [2] [3]
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