Download or read book Mantodea Species Catalog written by Andrew Markey and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mantodea is an insect order containing what is commonly referred to as praying mantises. There are just over 2500 described species of mantids, distributed in 439 genera in tropical and subtropical habitats of the world. This book provides entomologists, researchers, educators, and enthusiasts a complete and up-to-date global species checklist of the Mantodea order-both extant and extinct-complete with their geographical distribution.