Eight-spotted Mantis, Blackbarred Mantis Mantis octospilota Westwood, 1889
Fauna Portal species: 14590
Order: Mantodea (Praying Mantises)
Family: Mantidae
Diagnosis
Mantis octospilota is very distinctive due to the four pairs of black spots on the dorsal abdomen.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
1 ♀
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University Museum, Oxford
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ORTH482
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Australia
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South Australia
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Adelaide
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Volker Framenau, 29 March 2026