Diversity of Mantis (Insecta: Mantodea) in Sundarvan-A Nature Discovery Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

The present study was conducted during the year 2021 with the objective to explore the diversity of the Mantis sp. at “Sundarvan-A Nature Discovery Centre, Ahmedabad (Gujarat, India)”.Present study documents the observation of different species of Mantis at the Study field; data was collected by handpicked method. From the data it is concluded that mainly 5 known species belonging to 5 genera and 4 families were found in the study field. All 5 species, Creobroter apicalis (Westwood, 1889), Humbertiella ceylonica (Saussure, 1869), Detroplaty slobata(Guerin, 1838), Miomantis paykullii (Stal, 1871), Odontomantis planiceps (Giglio, 1913) were found in the study field during the observation period.