The burying mantis (Sphodropoda tristis) is a species of mantis native to Australia.[1] They are grey/brown or green, frequently with mottled patterning on the wings, and a have distinctive pale tubercles on the forelegs.[2] Both sexes can reach lengths of up to 70 mm long. Their common name comes from the behaviour of females, which infrequently bury their oothecae underground.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Genus: | Sphodropoda |
| Species: | S. tristis
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| Sphodropoda tristis (Saussure, 1871)
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See also
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edit- ^ "species Sphodropoda tristis Saussure, 1871: Mantodea Species File". mantodea.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ Milledge, Graham (2005). "Revision of the Genera Sphodropoda, Trachymantis and Zopheromantis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Mantinae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (2): 191–210. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1442.
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