Tenodera australasiae
| Tenodera australasiae | |
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| Adult female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Genus: | Tenodera |
| Species: | T. australasiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Tenodera australasiae Leach, 1814
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| Synonyms | |
Tenodera australasiae, the purple-winged mantis, is
parthenogenetic
.
Range
All of Australia,[2] but said to be absent in New Zealand.[3]
Diet
The purple-winged mantis has varied diet consisting mainly of other
animals such as small frogs, lizards etc. Tenodera australasiae can be cannibalistic but not quite an aggressive mantis.[citation needed
]
Related
The genus Tenodera has a number of species including:
- Tenodera aridifolia,
- Tenodera sinensis - Chinese mantis,
- Tenodera australasiae - purple-winged mantis,
- Tenodera superstitiosa found in Africa.
Additional Images
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Detailed view of the arm of an adult female Tenodera australasiae -
Adult male Tenodera australasiae -
Adult Tenodera australasiae -
Adult female Tenodera australasiae
See also
- List of Australian stick insects and mantids
- Mantodea of Oceania