Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Mantodea (Mantids) ➔ Family Eremiaphilidae
Iris oratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mittelmeer-Gottesanbeterin Mediterranean Mantis
Synonyms and other combinations:
Iris minima (Charpentier, 1825) | Iris dentata Goeze, 1778 | Iris bella Germar, 1817 |
Classification:
Iris oratoria belongs to the subfamily Iridinae, tribe Iridini.References, further reading, links:
- Otte, D., Spearman, L., & Stiewe, M. B. D. (2021). Mantodea Species File. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, D. Remsen, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, R. Adlard, E. Adriaenssens, C. Aedo, E. Aescht, N. Akkari, M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (Aug 2021). https://doi.org/10.48580/d4tm-39n
- Schwarz CJ, Roy R (2019) The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology 55 (2): 101-196.