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Issue: Vol. 5566 No. 3: 9 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5566.3.2
Page range: 446-480
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An illustrated key to the praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) of India up to generic level

Western Ghat Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Kozhikode; Kerala; India- 673006; University of Calicut; Thenhipalam; Malappuram; Kerala; India- 673635
Western Ghat Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; Kozhikode; Kerala; India- 673006
Mantodea Dichotomous key Generic level India

Abstract

A dichotomous key up to generic level is provided for the identification of Indian praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) with pictorial representations of 70 genera distributed over 13 families and 25 subfamilies.

 

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