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Mantodea/NCState-AgNIC - English
URL: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/agnic/sys_entomology/taxon/mantodea/index.html

This page has resources on Mantodea, the mantids.

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Gongylus gongylodes - English
URL: http://www.magmaconcept.com/insects/0gongy.htm

Photos.

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Gongylus gongylodes - English
URL: http://www.jjphoto.dk/animal_archive/gongylus_gongylodes.htm

Photo.

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Wondering Violin Mantis - Gongylus Gongyloids - English
URL: http://www.mantisuk.com/variety/wonderingviolinmantis.asp

This has to be one of the strangest and bizarrely looking Mantids there is! They look very fragile due to their 'Prothorax' (neck), being very elongate and narrow. As it reaches the head, just above the arms, it widens slightly into a diamond shape. Their eyes seem to be pointed, with a leaf like shape that sits between the antennae on top of its head. On the abdomen and walking legs, lobes are present.

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Order Mantodea - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/arthropoda/insecta/mantodea.html

Species included in the Animal Diversity Web: Orthodera novaezealandiae (Praying Mantis), Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina Mantid).

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Praying Mantises by Diane Donohue - English
URL: http://pages.about.com/enhg/July1980/11_23.htm

The praying mantises are readily distinguished from cockroaches by the strong spined raptorial front legs. They also have a long, narrow prothorax that forms a movable 'neck'. At rest, the prothorax is usually raised a little and the front legs are held folded in front of the face - hence the name 'praying mantises'.

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Dictyoptera - English
URL: http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/hexapoda/dictyop

Part of Tree of Life. Relationships between Dictyoptera, Isoptera (termites), Mantodea (mantids), Blattaria.

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