Tenodera

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Tenodera
Chinese mantis eating a bumblebee
Chinese mantis eating a bumblebee
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Tenodera
Burmeister, 1838
Species

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The genus Tenodera contains several species of praying mantis.

Specifically, mantids in this genus can be identified by their mid and hind femora which contain an apical spine.

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May not be a complete list:

  • T. angustipennis - "narrow-winged mantis"
  • T. australasiae - "purple-winged mantid"
  • T. superstitiosa found in Africa


A hatchling Chinese mantis on a baby's hand
A hatchling Chinese mantis on a baby's hand

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