The Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii

The name of the genus Pseudocreobotra is composed by Pseudo from the Greek “ψευδής” (pseudés) false, similar, and creobotra coming in its turn from “κρέας” (kreas), meat, and “βρωτήρ” (broter), devourer, eater (carnivore), hence the genus Creobroter. The generic name therefore means that it is a fake Creobroter. It resembles the species of this genus, but it is not; whilst the specific name wahlbergii, of Wahlberg in Latin, honours the memory of Johan August Wahlberg (1810-1856), Swedish naturalist and explorer.