Iris oratoria

Iris oratoria
	Adult female Iris oratoria
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Eremiaphilidae
Genus:	Iris
Species:	I. oratoria
Binomial name
	Iris oratoria; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Gryllus (Mantis) oratorius ; Linnaeus, 1758; Mantis bella (Germar,1817); Mantis dentata (Goeze, 1778); Mantis fenestrata (Brullé, 1832); Mantis minima ; (Charpentier, 1825);

Iris oratoria, known by the common name Mediterranean mantis (or less frequently iris mantis), due to humans first studying it in lands around the Mediterranean Sea, is a species of praying mantis. Its range is expanding in the Middle East, Western Asia and the United States.

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