Bolbena hottentotta

Bolbena hottentotta, common name hottentot mantis, is a species of praying mantis found in Angola, Kenya, and Namibia.^[1] It is a tiny mantis species in which nymphs are only about 2.5 millimetres (0.1 in) long and adult females grow to only 15 mm (0.6 in) long. This species has recently been introduced to cultivation but are still very rare and are raised by only a handful of breeders.^[2][3]

Bolbena hottentotta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Nanomantidae
Genus:	Bolbena
Species:	B. hottentotta
Binomial name
Bolbena hottentotta (Karny, 1908)

See also

• List of mantis genera and species