Giant Asian mantis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Mantidae |
Genus: | Hierodula |
Species: | H. patellifera |
Binomial name | |
Hierodula patellifera Serville, 1839 |
Hierodula patellifera, common name Giant Asian Mantis, is a species of praying mantis belonging to genus Hierodula. They are found in Hawaii, India, Japan, Java, Korea, Philippines, New Guinea, Southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.[1]
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