Oligonyx dohrnianus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Thespidae |
Tribe: | Oligonychini |
Subtribe: | Oligonychina |
Genus: | Oligonyx |
Species: | O. dohrnianus |
Binomial name | |
Oligonyx dohrnianus Saussure & Zehntner, 1894 | |
Oligonyx dohrnianus is a species of mantid in the family Thespidae. [1] [2]
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Oligonyx is a genus of mantises in the family Thespidae.
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