Differ from the other common family of Praying Mantises in Australia, Nanomantidae, by the generally larger size and the presence of spines on the ventro-external margin of the fore tibia.
Mantodea (Praying Mantises)
Praying Mantises are orthopteroid insects with raptorial front legs and hardened forewings.
Publications
Balderson J (1984): Catalogue of Australian Mantodea. Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 23: 1 - 17DOI
Brannoch SK, Wieland F, Rivera J, Klass K-D, Béthoux O, Svenson GJ (2017): Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea). ZooKeys. 696: 1 - 100DOI
Connors MG (2023): Studies in Australian Mantodea: New synonyms, notes on distributions, and an updated checklist. Zootaxa. 5239: 477 - 499DOI
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