Blepharopsis mendica (FABRICIUS 1775)

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Blepharopsis mendica (FABRICIUS 1775)

Mantis mendica FABRICIUS 1775: 275 . Mantis marmorata OLIVIER 1792: 641. Gongylus mendicus THUNBERG 1815: 295. Blepharopsis mendica FABRICIUS 1793 (cited in KRAUSS 1890: 236). Blepharopsis mendica EBNER 1921: 113 .

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Sistan & Baluchestan province: Bampur, (1 juvenile, 2 adult females), June 2007.

G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Asia Minor, Cyprus, Canary Islands, Iran, Iraq, Northern Africa.