'Vicious' New Praying Mantis Discovered in Rwanda
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| The female wingless "bush tiger mantis" (Dystacta tigrifrutex) from Nyungwe National Park in southwestern Rwanda. Credit: Gavin Svenson |
On a cool and rainy night in a dense, mountainous forest in Rwanda, insect-surveying scientists discovered a new species of praying mantis, one whose wingless females are "vicious hunters" that prowl for prey as if they were marauding tigers.
The researchers have named the newfound praying mantis species — which was discovered in Nyungwe National Park — Dystacta tigrifrutex, or "bush tiger mantis."
"The new species is amazing, because the fairly small female prowls through the underbrush searching for prey, while the male flies appear to live higher in the vegetation," stated Riley Tedrow, a Case Western Reserve University evolutionary biology student who led the research. [In Photos: Animals That Mimic Plants]
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