Sibylla pretiosa
| Cryptic mantis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Hymenopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Sibyllinae |
| Tribe: | Sibylini |
| Genus: | Sibylla |
| Species: | S. pretiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sibylla pretiosa Stål, 1856 | |
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Sibylla pretiosa, commonly known as the cryptic mantis, is a species of mantis found in southern Africa. They have a long and thin prothorax. The distinctively ornamented species has projections on the head, prothorax, and four femora. They live on tree bark in woodlands.