European Praying Mantis - Mantis religiosa - Europese Bidsprinkhaan
South-Europe, Africa and Asia. Introduced to North America.

The following 12 subspecies are being recognized:
Mantis religiosa religiosa - South-Europe, North Africa. Introduced to North America;
Mantis religiosa macedonica North-Macedonia;
Mantis religiosa polonica - Poland, Russia;
Mantis religiosa caucasica - Caucasus;
Mantis religiosa beybienkoi - Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia and West-Siberia;
Mantis religiosa latinota - Kazakhstan;
Mantis religiosa langoalata - Uzbekistan;
Mantis religiosa inornata - Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal;
Mantis religiosa sinica - China, Japan, Korea, Myanma, Vietnam;
Mantis religiosa siedleckii - Southeast-Asia: Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi;
Mantis religiosa eichleri - Mauritania and Ghana east to Ethiopia and south to Zambia;
Mantis religiosa major - Mombassa, Kenya.

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