Tenodera
Tenodera | |
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Adult male Tenodera sinensis
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae |
Tribe: | Tenoderini
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Genus: | Tenodera Burmeister, 1838 |
Type species | |
Mantis fasciata (Olivier, 1792)
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Species | |
Synonyms | |
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Tenoderapraying mantises. The species in this genus can be found primarily in Africa, Asia and Australia, but also North America.[2]
Description
Specifically,
mantids in this genus can be identified by their mid and hind femora
which contain an apical spine.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tenodera:[2]
- Tenodera acuticauda (Yang, 1997)
- Tenodera angustipennis (Saussure, 1869) (narrow-winged mantis)
- Tenodera aridifolia (Stoll, 1813)
- Tenodera australasiae (Leach, 1814) (purple-winged mantis)
- Tenodera caudafissilis (Wang, 1992)
- Tenodera chloreudeta (Burmeister, 1838)
- Tenodera costalis (Blanchard, 1853)
- Tenodera fasciata (Olivier, 1792)
- Tenodera intermedia (Saussure, 1870)
- Tenodera iringana (Giglio-Tos, 1912)
- Tenodera parasinensis (Otte & Spearman, 2004)
- Tenodera philippina (Beier, 1929)
- Tenodera rungsi (Uvarov, 1935)
- Tenodera sinensis(Saussure, 1871) (Chinese mantis)
- Tenodera stotzneri (Werner, 1929)
- Tenodera superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781)
See also
References
- ^ Burmeister H (1838) Handb. Ent., Burm. 2: 534.
- ^ a b Mantodea Species File (v. 5.0, retrieved 13 August 2021)