Genus Yersinia

Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Mantises (Order Mantodea)

• Suborder Eumantodea

• Infraorder Schizomantodea

Yersinia is a genus of mantids in the family Amelidae. A predator, mantises hunt other insects, with the aid of powerful raptorial legs that are characteristic of this group of insects.