Biology, ecology, and biogeography of eremic praying mantis Blepharopsis mendica (Insecta: Mantodea).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blepharopsis mendica (Fabricius, 1775) is a large mantid species found from the Canary Islands across North Africa, the Middle East, and Pakistan. Research on this species has been limited, especially in Iran, despite the country's potential significance for studying its biology and distribution. Adults of this species are easily recognizable by their marble-white pattern and rhomboidal leaf-like pronotum. They are sit-and-wait predators that inhabit various open environments.

Methods

Field observations were conducted across various regions of the Egyptian Flower mantis (Blepharopsis mendica) global distribution, with a focus on Morocco, Tunisia, and Iran. Distribution data for B. mendicawere gathered from fieldwork, museum collections, online

SUBMITTER: Mirzaee Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10832664 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature