Phyllocrania

Phyllocrania
	Two adult female Ghost mantises with a 50-cent euro coin (diameter 24.25 mm) for size comparison
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Hymenopodidae
Tribe:	Phyllocranini
Genus:	Phyllocrania; Burmeister, 1838
Species
	Phyllocrania illudens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895); Phyllocrania insignis (Westwood, 1843); Phyllocrania paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838);

Phyllocrania is a genus of mantises in the family Hymenopodidae, commonly known as ghost mantises.

Species

This genus contains three species:

P. illudens (Saussure & Zehntner, 1895) — Madagascar ghost mantis, shadow mantis
P. insignis (Westwood, 1843)
P. paradoxa (Burmeister, 1838) — ghost mantis, common ghost mantis