«Identifying
a unique praying mantis hidden among other species was unexpected and exciting,» said lead author Sydney Brannoch, a Case Western Reserve University graduate student working under the direction of Dr. Gavin Svenson at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
While studying the insect collection of the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France, two American scientists uncovered a small, leaf - dwelling
praying mantis with
unique features collected from Madagascar in 2001.