Deroplatys

Deroplatys
Adult female Deroplatys desiccata photographed at Bristol Zoo in 2007
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Deroplatyidae
Subfamily:	Deroplatyinae
Tribe:	Deroplatyini
Genus:	Deroplatys Westwood (1839)
Species
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Deroplatys is a genus of mantis in the family Deroplatyidae. They are native to Asia and several share the common name of dead leaf mantis. ^[1]

Species

The latest revision by Zhang, Jia-Zhi & Price, Benjamin lists 14 total species: ^[2]

• Deroplatys angustata (Westwood, 1845)
• Deroplatys desiccata (Westwood, 1839) - type species
• Deroplatys gorochovi (Anisyutkin, 1998)
• Deroplatys indica (Roy, 2007)
• Deroplatys kinabaluensis (Zhang & Price, 2024)
• Deroplatys lobata (Guérin-Méneville (1838)
• Deroplatys nebula (Zhang & Price, 2024)
• Deroplatys moultoni (Giglio-Tos, 1917)
• Deroplatys philippinica (Werner, 1922)
• Deroplatys rhombica (Brunner, 1897)
• Deroplatys sarawaca (Westwood, 1889)
• Deroplatys trigonodera (Westwood, 1889)
• Deroplatys truncata (Guerin-Meneville, 1843)
• Deroplatys xuzhengfai (Zhang & Price, 2024)

Captivity

There are 4 Deroplatys species that are kept and bred in captivity (as exotic pets) and they are:

• Deroplatys lobata
• Deroplatys desiccata
• Deroplatys truncata
• Deroplatys trigonodera

Additional images

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  Deroplatys xuzhengfai female specimen
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  1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a hand
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  Adult male Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult male Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata guarding her ootheca from Cologne Zoo, Germany.
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  2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
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  2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph eating
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  1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs, one on the right is hiding
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  1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a bedbug bitten hand
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  1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph on a bedbug bitten hand
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  2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
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  4th instar female Deroplatys lobata nymph's thorax
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph's thorax
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  Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  Dead 1st instar Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  2nd instar Deroplatys lobata nymph hiding
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  4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the left and male on the right.
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  4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the left and male on the right.
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph on a finger
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  4th instar male Deroplatys lobata nymph on a finger
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  4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the right, male on the left.
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  4th instar Deroplatys lobata nymphs. Female on the right, male on the left.
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  Deroplatys lobata 4th instar nymphs female and male thorax. Male on the left and female on the right.
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  Adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Dead adult female Deroplatys lobata
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  Dead adult male Deroplatys desiccata

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

References

1. Dead Leaf Praying Mantis

External links

• Media related to Deroplatys at Wikimedia Commons