Mantis religiosa religiosa LINNAEUS 1758

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Mantis religiosa religiosa LINNAEUS 1758

Gryllus ( Mantis ) religiosus LINNAEUS 1758: 426. Mantis sancta FABRICIUS 1787: 228. Mantis maroccana THUNBERG 1815: 287 . Mantis pia AUDINET- SERVILLE 1839: 193. Mantis radiata FISCHER- WALDHEIM 1846: 101. Mantis capensis SAUSSURE 1872: 46. Mantis religiosa LINNAEUS 1758 (cited in WERNER 1913: 211). Mantis religiosa LINNAEUS 1758 (cited in STOREY 1918: 50). Mantis griveaudi PAULIAN 1959: 33 . Mantis griveaudi in ROY 1967: 127.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Ilam province; Dehloran, (3 adult females), August 2006. Fars province: Kazeroon, (2 adult males), September 2006. Kordestan province: Bijar, (2 adult females), April 2007. Khorasan province: Sabzevar, (1 juvenile), June 2007. Khorasan province: Mashhad, (2 juveniles), July 2007. Hormozgan province: Bandar-Abbas, (1 adult female), October 2007. Fars province: Shiraz, (2 adult females), October 2007 .

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n:Holarctic.