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| | AllRefer.com - mantid (Zoology: Invertebrates) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | mantid or mantis, name applied to the large, slender, slow-moving, winged insects of the family Mantidae in the order Mantodea. |
 | | Two introduced species, the Praying mantis or European mantid, Mantis religiosa (about 2 in./5.1 cm long), and the Chinese mantid, Tenodera aridifolia (up to 4 in./10.2 cm long), are now common in many parts of the United States. |
 | | Mantids are classified in the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Mantodea, family Mantidae. |
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