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<taxonomicName id="5FB593C1FFAEFF97EFA4FD127583FC9E" ID-CoL="5DNHP" authority="Fabricius, 1775" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1775" box="[151,747,754,780]" class="Insecta" family="Empusidae" genus="Blepharopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="mendica" subSpecies="mendica">
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<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EFA4FD127579FC9E" bold="true" box="[151,529,754,780]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Blepharopsis mendica mendica</emphasis>
(
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)
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<paragraph id="980AE842FFAEFF97EFA4FCD7768AFC30" blockId="5.[151,1437,823,1570]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EFA4FCD77652FCC3" bold="true" box="[151,314,823,849]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EE70FCD876AFFCC0" box="[323,455,824,850]" name="Afghanistan" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Afganistan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EEE6FCD87558FCC0" box="[469,560,824,850]" name="Algeria" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Algeria</collectingCountry>
, Canary Islands,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EC32FCD8742AFCC0" box="[769,834,824,850]" name="Chad" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Chad</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EC7CFCD874CFFCC0" box="[847,935,824,850]" name="Cyprus" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Cyprus</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EC86FCD87496FCC0" box="[949,1022,824,850]" name="Egypt" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Egypt</collectingCountry>
, Ethopia,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EB4AFCD873D0FCC0" box="[1145,1208,824,850]" name="India" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">India</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EBF5FCD87390FCC0" box="[1222,1272,824,850]" name="Iran" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Iran</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EA35FCD87250FCC0" box="[1286,1336,824,850]" name="Iraq" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Iraq</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EA75FCD872FFFCC0" box="[1350,1431,824,850]" name="Jordan" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Jordan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EFA4FC807799FCE8" box="[151,241,864,890]" name="Kuwait" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Kuwait</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EFCCFC807601FCE8" box="[255,361,864,890]" name="Lebanon" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Lebanon</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EE45FC8076D5FCE8" box="[374,445,864,890]" name="Libya" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Libya</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EEFFFC807538FCE8" box="[460,592,864,890]" name="Mauritania" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Mauritania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97ED6DFC8075A3FCE8" box="[606,715,864,890]" name="Morocco" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Morocco</collectingCountry>
,
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, North Africa,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97ECD9FC807338FCE8" box="[1002,1104,864,890]" name="Pakistan" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EB6CFC8073A4FCE8" box="[1119,1228,864,890]" name="Palestine" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Palestine</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EBE9FC807255FCE8" box="[1242,1341,864,890]" name="Somalia" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Somalia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EA78FC8072FFFCE8" box="[1355,1431,864,890]" name="Sudan" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Sudan</collectingCountry>
, Tashad,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EFCBFC687627FC30" box="[248,335,904,930]" name="Tunisia" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Tunisia</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EEBBFC6876B6FC30" box="[392,478,904,930]" name="Turkey" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Turkey</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EFF6FC4F76D0FC5B" bold="true" box="[197,440,943,969]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Material examined</emphasis>
: (31) specimens: Al Arida
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EC2BFC50741CFC58" box="[792,884,944,970]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2002-02-26">26.II.02</date>
(1N); Al Azraq
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EB63FC5073C3FC58" box="[1104,1195,944,970]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1995-05-19">19.V.95</date>
(1N); Al Karamah
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EFA4FC387796FC60" box="[151,254,984,1010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1993-03-12">12.III.93</date>
(1M),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EE67FC3876C2FC60" box="[340,426,984,1010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2004-04-07">7.IV.04</date>
(1F); Al Kashef
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97ED48FC387588FC60" box="[635,736,984,1010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2001-04-18">18.IV.01</date>
(1F) (
<collectionCode id="FEA47087FFAEFF97EC1DFC387411FC60" box="[814,889,984,1010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">JPUC</collectionCode>
); Al Mesherfah
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EB0EFC3873CBFC60" box="[1085,1187,984,1010]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2003-03-30">30.III.03</date>
(1N); Al Muwaqqar
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EFA4FBE0779DFB88" box="[151,245,1024,1050]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1995-10-20">20.X.95</date>
(2N); Ar Rumanah Camp
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97ED1CFBE075E0FB88" box="[559,648,1024,1050]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-09-04">4.IX.05</date>
(1N); Ash Shawmary Reserve
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97ECCBFBE0731CFB88" box="[1016,1140,1024,1050]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-08-30">30.VIII.05</date>
(1M); Az Zarqa
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EA75FBE072F4FB88" box="[1350,1436,1024,1050]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1991-04-01">1.IV.91</date>
(1N),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EFD3FBC8762FFBD0" box="[224,327,1064,1090]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1991-11-12">12.XI.91</date>
(1N); Ghawr Hadethah
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97ED43FBC875B0FBD0" box="[624,728,1064,1090]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-09-19">19.IX.05</date>
(1N); Ghawr Kabid
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97ECEBFBC87356FBD0" box="[984,1086,1064,1090]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1998-03-15">15.III.98</date>
(1N),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EBA2FBC8739FFBD0" box="[1169,1271,1064,1090]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1998-03-25">25.III.98</date>
(1N) (YUC),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EFA4FBB07793FBF8" box="[151,251,1104,1130]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1986-04-17">17.IV.86</date>
(1N),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EE62FBB076DEFBF8" box="[337,438,1104,1130]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1993-04-18">18.IV.93</date>
(1N),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97ED3FFBB0753FFBF8" box="[524,599,1104,1130]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1998-05-04">4.V.98</date>
(1M); Hummrit
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EC19FBB07423FBF8" box="[810,843,1104,1130]" name="American Samoa" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">As</collectingCountry>
Sahin
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EC97FBB07379FBF8" box="[932,1041,1104,1130]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-08-08">8.VIII.05</date>
(1N),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EB5BFBB073AEFBF8" box="[1128,1222,1104,1130]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-10-17">17.X.05</date>
(3N); Kufr Jayiz
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EFA4FB98779CFB00" box="[151,244,1144,1170]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-02-23">23.II.05</date>
(3N),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EE72FB9876C0FB00" box="[321,424,1144,1170]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-03-21">21.III.05</date>
(3N) reared
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97ED0CFB9875CBFB00" box="[575,675,1144,1170]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-04-28">28.IV.05</date>
(1)F,
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EDD9FB98747DFB00" box="[746,789,1144,1170]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">8.V</date>
(1).05 (1M),
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EC85FB987375FB00" box="[950,1053,1144,1170]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2004-03-30">30.III.04</date>
(1M); Madaba
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EBE5FB987244FB00" box="[1238,1324,1144,1170]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1998-04-02">2.IV.98</date>
(1F,1M); Sad Wadi Al Arab
<date id="EC0BCE82FFAEFF97EE46FB4076A6FB28" box="[373,462,1184,1210]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="2005-11-08">8.XI.05</date>
(1N).
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<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EFF6FB277628FB73" bold="true" box="[197,320,1223,1249]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Remarks:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EE7AFB2875D3FB73" box="[329,699,1224,1249]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Blepharopsis mendica mendica</emphasis>
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is similar to
<taxonomicName id="5FB593C1FFAEFF97EC68FB28734CFB73" box="[859,1060,1224,1249]" class="Insecta" family="Empusidae" genus="Blepharopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="mendica" subSpecies="nuda">
<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EC68FB28734CFB73" box="[859,1060,1224,1249]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">B. mendica nuda</emphasis>
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, which was described as a new species by
<bibRefCitation id="FC2495B3FFAEFF97EE24FB107686FA98" author="Giglio-Tos" box="[279,494,1264,1290]" pageId="5" pageNumber="55" refString="Giglio-Tos, E. (1917) Mantidi esotici. Generi e specie nuove. [Blepharopsis mendica nuda sp. n.]. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Italy, Firenze, 48, 43 - 108 [70 - 71]." type="journal article" year="1917">Giglio-Tos (1917)</bibRefCitation>
, but the mid and hind legs are covered with hairs.
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<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EB0EFB10726BFA9B" box="[1085,1283,1264,1289]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">B. mendica nuda</emphasis>
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lives only in
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EFA4FAF87795FAA0" box="[151,253,1304,1330]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EE3AFAF87634FAA0" box="[265,348,1304,1330]" name="Eritrea" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Eritrea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EE54FAF876A2FAA0" box="[359,458,1304,1330]" name="Somalia" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Somalia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97EEE6FAF8754FFAA0" box="[469,551,1304,1330]" name="Yemen" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Yemen</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="E0A2A8D2FFAEFF97ED6CFAF875A5FAA0" box="[607,717,1304,1330]" name="Palestine" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Palestine</collectingCountry>
.
<taxonomicName id="5FB593C1FFAEFF97EDEBFAF87433FAA3" box="[728,859,1304,1329]" class="Insecta" family="Empusidae" genus="Blepharopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mendica">
<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EDEBFAF87433FAA3" box="[728,859,1304,1329]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">B. mendica</emphasis>
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was observed to be attracted to artificial lights in March to April and August. Both sexes are winged but are not good fliers. The mottled tegmina provide a good example of disruptive patterning (
<bibRefCitation id="FC2495B3FFAEFF97ED5DFA88743CFA10" author="Brackenbury" box="[622,852,1384,1410]" pageId="5" pageNumber="55" refString="Brackenbury, J. (1999) Flight and Wing Kinematics. In: Prete, F. R., Wells, H., Wells, P. H. &amp; Hurd, L. E. (Eds) The Praying Mantids. The Johns Hopkins, University press Baltimore and London. pp. 183 - 193." type="book chapter" year="1999">Brackenbury, 1999</bibRefCitation>
). Usually they are found on spiny bushes, or dry bushes such as
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<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EE7FFA707519FA3B" box="[332,625,1424,1449]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Sarcopoterium spinosum</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97ED98FA7074F3FA3B" box="[683,923,1424,1449]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Varthemia iphionoid</emphasis>
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. The nymphs of
<taxonomicName id="5FB593C1FFAEFF97EB56FA707381FA3B" box="[1125,1257,1424,1449]" class="Insecta" family="Empusidae" genus="Blepharopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mendica">
<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EB56FA707381FA3B" box="[1125,1257,1424,1449]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">B. mendica</emphasis>
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raise and bend their lobed abdomens upward to decrease their body size and to mimic the leaves of
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<emphasis id="AAC13450FFAEFF97EB41FA5872FDFA43" box="[1138,1429,1464,1489]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Sarcopoterium spinosum</emphasis>
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. The adults usually appear from March to April. The species overwinters as nymphs. Adults remained alive in captivity without food for 1520 days.
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