Plistospilota
guineensis
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Name latin Plistospilota guineensis
english Giant Mantis
IGM-Number 111
Systematics

Systematics

All data for the systematics is taken from Reinhard Ehrmann's book "Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt" (Mantodea - Praying mantids of the world).

More about this book can be found in the section literature at this page.

Super-Order Dictyoptera
Order Mantodea
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Mantinae
Tribe Polyspilotini
First Description Author ROY
Year 1965
Size

Quotation of Size

The given size is measured from the head to the end of the abdomen, without the wings.

Male ca. 9cm
Female ca. 10cm- 11cm
Lifespan

Quotation of the Lifespan

The lifespan is given in month and has the following definition:

overall-age ("time between hatching and imago" + "lifespan after the last molting")

Example: 9 (2 + 7) month lifespan
overall-age = 9 month
time between hatching and imago = 2 month
lifespan after the last molting = 7 month

Male 7,5 (5,5 + 2) months / ~ 9 moltings
Female 11 (6 + 5) months / ~ 10 moltings
Sexing

Sexing

Morphologically differences between male and female.

Male L6 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (8 segments)
adult: long antennas, thinner and smaller than females, 8 abdominalsegments
Female L6 and above: just by counting the abdominal- segments (6 segments)
adult: more compact and bigger than males, significant more corpulent abdomen, 6 abdominalsegments
Spreading

Spreading

For a better overview, only whole countries are listed for the quotation of spreading, even if a species can only be found in a small part of that country.

All data for the spreading is taken from Reinhard Ehrmann's book "Mantodea - Gottesanbeterinnen der Welt" (Mantodea - Praying mantids of the world).
More about this book can be found in the section literature at this page.

At the menu "Spreading" for each country only the genus but the species is printed (Exception: on this site described species).

Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia
Africa
Africa
Habitat bushes and shrubbes with less tangly branches
inhabits warm and damp areas
Aggressiveness high
Colorvariants none
Hint overwhelms relative huge and strong prey

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