Mantis Evo

The Mantis Evo appeared in 1983 TV series called Kagaku Sentai Dynaman. Mantis Evo (カマキリシンカ Kamakirishinka, 31) is the mantis-theme Evolution Beast of the Tailed-People Clan Jashinka Empire. Mantis Evo assisted both Chimera and Megiddo in a plot to reawaken two Tail Soldier spies living in the human world to assist in their cause, even if they now have become parents of a child learning under Hokuto Dan. When the Tail Soldiers ended up failing out of the fear of the safety of their son, Mantis Evo abducts the boy Kazuo as a hostage to elude the Dynaman and the parents. Both end up retaking their Tail Soldier forms unknown to their son to rescue him and hold off Mantis Evo long enough for the Dynaman to arrive. The team hold it off until finishing it off with Super Dynamite; after undergoing Big Bang Progress, Mantis Evo tries to use its beam eyes to harm Dyna Robo but the team uses its rocket fists to stun it long enough for a Lightning Gravity Fall to finish it off.

Arsenals
Mantis Evo can fire beams from the eyes both of itself and of a mantis-like protrusion on its back, both to flash against its opponents or to fire lasers against them. Its kama blades can also be used for combat or for being thrown like boomerangs.