Tenodera
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| Tenodera | |
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| Adult male Tenodera sinensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Subfamily: | Mantinae |
| Tribe: | Polyspilotini |
| Genus: | Tenodera Burmeister, 1838 |
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Tenodera is a genus of mantis in the subfamily Mantinae of the family Mantidae which contains several species of praying mantises. The species in this genus can be found in North America, Asia, Africa, Australia.[1]
Description
Specifically, mantids in this genus can be identified by their mid and hind femora which contain an apical spine.
Species
- Tenodera sinensis (Saussure, 1871) (Chinese Mantis)
- Tenodera aridifolia (Stoll, 1813) (Japanese Giant Mantis, Narrow-winged Mantis)
- Tenodera australasiae (Leach, 1814) (Purple-winged Mantis)
- Tenodera acuticauda (Yang, 1997)
- Tenodera superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781)
- Tenodera fasciata (Olivier, 1792)
- Tenodera brevipennis (Saussure, 1871)
- Tenodera gambiensis (Beier, 1931)
- Tenodera stotzneri (Werner, 1929)
- Tenodera caudafissilis (Wang, 1992)
- Tenodera capitata (Saussure, 1869)
- Tenodera chloreudeta (Burmeister, 1838)
- Tenodera costalis (Blanchard, 1853)
- Tenodera equatoriana (La Greca, 1993)
- Tenodera herbacea (Serville, 1839)
- Tenodera houyi (Werner, 1928)
- Tenodera intermedia (Saussure, 1870)
- Tenodera iringana (Giglio-Tos, 1912)
- Tenodera nimbana (Roy, 1963)
- Tenodera parasinensis (Otte & Spearman, 2004)
- Tenodera philippina (Beier, 1929)
- Tenodera rungsi (Uvarov, 1935)
Additional Images
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Young Chinese Mantis nymph on baby's hand
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