Mantodea Species File
Citation
Otte, D., Spearman, L., & Stiewe, M. B. D. (2024). Mantodea Species File (version Nov 2024). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Version 2024-11-18). Catalogue of Life, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz6w-39nDescription
The Mantodea Species File (MSF) is a taxonomic database of the world's praying mantids (Order Mantodea), both of fossil and living species. It has full synonymic and taxonomic information for over 2,400 valid species and provides many images of specimens deposited in museums worldwide, as well as pictures of living praying mantids in the wild and in captivity.
Taxonomic Coverages
Praying mantids
Geographic Coverages
Global
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Daniel Otteoriginator
Drexel University
Philadelphia
PA
US
Lauren Spearman
originator
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
NJ
US
Martin B D Stiewe
originator
The Natural History Museum
London
GB
David C Eades
administrative point of contact
University of Illinois
Champaign
IL
US
Deborah Paul
administrative point of contact
University of Illinois
Champaign
IL
US
email: dlpaul@illinois.edu
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