Empusa pennata

Empusa pennata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Empusidae
Genus: Empusa
Species:
E. pennata
Binomial name
Empusa pennata
(Thunberg, 1815)
Synonyms
  • Empusa brachyptera Fischer-Waldheim, 1846
  • Empusa clavata Goeze, 1778
  • Empusa egena Charpentier, 1841
  • Empusa europaea Fieber, 1853
  • Empusa humbertiana Saussure, 1869
  • Empusa occidentalis Fieber, 1853
  • Empusa pauperata Fabricius, 1781
  • Empusa pectinata Drury, 1770
  • Empusa servillii Saussure, 1872
  • Empusa spuria Goeze, 1778
  • Empusa tricornis Goeze, 1778
  • Empusa unicornis Saussure, 1871
  • Empusa variabilis Risso, 1826

Empusa pennata, or the conehead mantis, is a species of praying mantis in genus Empusa native to the Mediterranean Region. It can be found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy and on the mediterranean coasts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Turkey and Egypt. Because of its cryptic nature, or also possibly because of its fragmented, low-density populations, it is rarely encountered in the wild.

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