''Statilia maculata'',
common name
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Asian jumping mantis or "小蟷螂", ko-kamakiri (Japanese meaning "small mantis") or "좀사마귀", joem-sa-ma-gui (
Korean meaning "small mantis"), is a
species of
mantis native to Asia that can be found in Romania, China and Japan and Korea and Sri Lanka.
Description
Males: 40–80 mm in length as adult
Females: 45–58 mm in length as adult
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Subspecies
*''Statilia maculata maculata'' China, Japan ( Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
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), Taiwan, India ( Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
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, Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Java, Borneo, Nepal, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand,[ Korea ]["Orthopteroids of KOREA" Mantodea section: Statilia maculata]
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*''Statilia maculata continentalis'' India ( Uttar Pradesh)
[Article Title: Updated checklist of Indian Mantodea (Insecta)]
Gallery
File:Praying-Mantis.jpg, Adult female
File:Asian jumping mantis (Statilia maculata) in West Bengal 2.jpg, Asian jumping mantis at night, in West Bengal, India.
See also
* List of mantis genera and species
References
Mantidae
Mantodea of Asia
Insects of China
Insects of Japan
Insects of Korea
Insects described in 1784
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