Amantis nawai

{{Short description|Species of praying mantis}} {{Speciesbox | image = ESI8943 Amantis nawai (42064794105).jpg | taxon = Amantis nawai | authority = Shiraki, 1908 }}

'''''Amantis nawai''''' is a small species of praying mantis native to eastern Asia.

==Description== *Females: {{convert|15|-|20|mm}}, micropterous *Males: {{convert|13|-|17|mm}} in length, micropterous or macropterous

==Distribution== It is found in China, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan;<ref>[http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Mantidae.txt] Texas A&M University</ref> in Japan on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa,<ref name="insects.jp">{{Cite web|url=http://www.insects.jp/kon-kamahina.htm|title = ヒナカマキリ}}</ref> and South Korea.<ref>Jeon JB, Lee SH and Lee SM. 1999. Notes on the praying mantids (Mantodea) in Korea. Insecta Koreana 16(2): 225-229.</ref>

==Habitat== They are found on the forest floor and low trees, where they eat insects such as ants.<ref name="insects.jp"/> Often found around ''Machilus thunbergii'' and ''Castanopsis sieboldii'', and other lush vegetation shaded by broadleaf evergreen trees and large rocks.

Oothecae are found on rocks and tree bark.

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

nawai Category:Mantises of Asia Category:Insects of China Category:Insects of Japan Category:Insects of Korea Category:Insects of Sri Lanka Category:Insects of Taiwan Category:Insects described in 1908