Sibylla (mantis)

Sibylla^[1] is a genus of mantises in the family Hymenopodidae^[2] and characteristic of the subfamily Sibyllinae.

Sibylla
S. pretiosa in South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Hymenopodidae
Tribe:	Sibylini
Genus:	Sibylla Stål, 1856

Description

Sibylla species have a long and thin prothorax with lateral and dorsal projections. The head bears an erect process with four sideways spikes.^[3]

Classification

The Mantodea Species File lists:^[4]

Subgenus Sibylla

1. Sibylla dives (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
2. Sibylla dolosa (Roy, 1975)
3. Sibylla gratiosa (Rehn, 1912)
4. Sibylla limbata (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
5. Sibylla maculosa (Roy, 1996)
6. Sibylla marmorata (Roy, 1996)
7. Sibylla polyacantha (Gerstaecker, 1889)
8. Sibylla pretiosa (Stål, 1856) - type species

Subgenus Sibyllopsis

1. Sibylla griffinii (Giglio-Tos, 1915)
2. Sibylla operosa (Roy, 1996)
3. Sibylla pannulata (Karsch 1894)
4. Sibylla punctata (Roy, 1996)
5. Sibylla vanderplaetseni (Roy, 1963)

See also

• List of mantis genera and species