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Manteidae
Armene pusilla (Eversmann, 1859) Turkmenistan Tadzhikistan Kyrghyzstan Kazakhstan
Armene sp. Turkmenistan
Oxyothespis wagneri (Kittary, 1849) (=turcomaniae Saussure) RU Turkmenistan Kazakhstan
Amblyothepis mistshenkoi Lindt, 1953 Tadzhikistan
Ameles heldreichi Brunner, 1882 Crimea
Ameles decolor (Charpentier, 1825) Turkmenistan
Mantis religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 CU RU UR WS AM Hungary Crimea Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Tadzhikistan
Hierodula transcaucasica Brunner, 1878 CU Georgia(Abkhasia) Armenia
Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 Turkmenistan Kazakhstan
Genus sp. China
Pseudomantis maculata Thunb. Japan
Bolivaria brachyptera (Pallas, 1773) RU Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Tadzhikistan Kazakhstan IMAGES IN NATURE: pict.1
Iris polysticta Fischer de Waldheim, 1846
Iris polysticta polystictica Fischer de Waldheim, 1846 CU WS Kyrghyzstan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan
Iris polysticta sogdianica Lindt, 1983 Tadzhikistan
Iris tiflisina Giglio-Tos, 1931 (=caucasica Lindt, 1983) Azerbaijan
Iris neuroptera Lindt, 1983 Turkmenistan
Rivetina deserta Mistshenko, 1967 Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Hoplocorypha ?lacualis Giglio-Tos, 1916 Rwanda
Miomantis brunni (Giglio-Tos, 1911) Rwanda
Sphodromantis centralis Rehn, 1914 Rwanda
Polyspilota aeruginosa (Goeze, 1778) Rwanda
Genus sp. Australia

Empusidae
Empusa fasciata Brullé, 1836 Crimea
Empusa pennicornis (Pallas, 1773) RU Turkmenistan Kazakhstan
Phyllocrania paradoxa Burmeister, 1838 Rwanda IMAGES IN NATURE: pict.1
Genus sp. Rwanda