Map of Iran with administrative divisions (provinces) labeled and colored to indicate the relative diversity of Mantodea species (number of identified species). Abbreviations: Alborz (AL), Ardabil (AR), Bushehr (BU), Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari (CB), East Azerbaijan (EA), Fars (FA), Golestan (GO), Hamedan (HA), Hormozgan (HO), Ilam (IL), Iranian islands of Persian Gulf (IP), Isfahan (IS), Kerman (KE), Kermanshah (KS), Khuzestan (KH), Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad (KB), Kurdistan (KU), Lorestan (LO), Markazi (MA), Mazandaran (MZ), North Khorasan (NK), Qazvin (QA), Qom (QO), Razavi Khorasan (RK), Semnan (SE), Sistan & Baluchistan (SB), South Khorasan (SK), Tehran (TE), West Azerbaijan (WA), Yazd (YA), Zanjan (ZA).