tailieunhanh - Mantids (Mantodea) of Navsari agricultural university campus (Gujarat): An inventory

The main aims of the present study were documentation of species, habitats and other ecological behaviors of Mantids in district Navsari, Gujarat, India during August 2016 - July 2017. Total 21 species of mantids belongs to 15 genera, from five families were recorded from different localities of NAU campus. Among them 21 species were belongs to five families viz., Mantidae (12), Hymenopodidae (2), Liturgusidae (1) Empusidae (3) and Toxoderidae (3). In general, the mantids were active in all kind of habitat including pond ecosystem, paddy ecosystem, grassland ecosystem, mango ecosystem and banana ecosystem. | Mantids Mantodea of Navsari agricultural university campus Gujarat An inventory