''Gonatista major'' is a species of praying mantis native to the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

and is found in Puerto Rico,

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

, and perhaps elsewhere.
THE MANTIDS OF HISPANIOLA, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES (MANTODEA) by Francesco Lombardo & Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert In comparing '' Gonatista grisea, G. grisea'' and '' G. reticulata'' in 2008, an

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

with the United States Department of Agriculture wrote:

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Mantidae Mantodea of North America Insects of the Caribbean Insects of Puerto Rico Insects of the Dominican Republic Insects described in 1912 {{mantidae-stub

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