Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides

Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides is a species of praying mantis in the family Amorphoscelidae. It is found in central and western Africa (Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Tanzania, and the Congo River region.^[1] They're known as owlfly and they're usually mistaken as dragonflies because of their slender bodies and long membranous wings. ^[2]

Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Amorphoscelidae
Genus:	Maculatoscelis
Species:	M. ascalaphoides
Binomial name
Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides Bolivar, 1908

See also

• List of mantis genera and species