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Discovery of New Bark Mantis Species Triples Known Diversity of Group

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Liturgusa krattorum (pictured, a female) was discovered along the Amazon River in northern Peru. Photograph by Gavin Svenson, Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryA scientist has described 19 new species of bark mantis from Central and South America.These aren't your prototypical praying mantises. Read the whole story on Nat Geo's Weird & Wild blog to see what makes them so different: 19 New Species of Speedy Praying Mantises Found.