Iris polystictica

Iris polystictica is a species of praying mantis found in Central Asia, Caucasus, southeastern Ukraine,^[2] southern Siberia, China, and Mongolia.^[3] It is the only species of the mantis genus Iris that is found in Russia.^[4]

Iris polystictica
Iris polystictica (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Eremiaphilidae
Genus:	Iris
Species:	I. polystictica
Binomial name
Iris polystictica (Fischer-Walheim, 1846)[1]
Subspecies
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Synonyms
Mantis polystictica (Fischer-Walheim, 1846) Iris tiflisina (Giglio-Tos, 1915)

Description

About 28-49mm in length.^[4]

Subspecies

• Iris polystictica polystictica (Fischer-Waldheim, 1846) Afghanistan, China, Iran, Tadschikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Turkestan
• Iris polystictica mongolica (Sjostedt, 1932) Mongolia, China
• Iris polystictica shahdarinica (Lindt, 1963) Tadschikistan
• Iris polystictica shugnanica (Lindt, 1963) Tadschikistan^[1]

See also

• List of mantis genera and species
• Iris oratoria