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Gryllus religiosus (praying mantis)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Taxonomy
Gryllus (Mantis) religiosus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Mantis.

It was recombined as Gryllus religiosus by Scopoli (1763); it was recombined as Mantis religiosa by Linnaeus (1767) and Beier (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Gryllus (Mantis) religiosus Linnaeus p. 426
1763Gryllus religiosus Scopoli p. 105 fig. 315
1767Mantis religiosa Linnaeus p. 690
1967Mantis religiosa Beier p. 63 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGrylloidea
familyGryllidae()
subfamilyGryllinae
tribeGryllini
genusGryllus
speciesreligiosus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gryllus religiosus Linnaeus 1758 [praying mantis]
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Diagnosis
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