Hierodula tenuidentata

Hierodula tenuidentata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Subfamily:	Hierodulinae
Tribe:	Hierodulini
Genus:	Hierodula
Species:	H. tenuidentata
Binomial name
Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869
Subspecies
Hierodula tenuidentata darvasicaLindt, 1963 Hierodula tenuidentata tenuidentataSaussure, 1869

Hierodula tenuidentata is a species of praying mantis, sharing its common name giant Asian mantis with other large members of genus Hierodula in the family Mantidae. ^{[2] [3]} It is native to India, ^[4] and has been introduced to Greece ^[1] and elsewhere in southern Europe, including Hungary, Romania, and Serbia. ^[5]

Behaviour

It has learned to opportunistically prey on fish. ^[6]

Subspecies

There are two valid subspecies belong to the species Hierodula tenuidentata

References

1. Shcherbakov, E. & Battiston, R. (2020). "Hierodula tenuidentata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T118892125A118892175. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T118892125A118892175.en . Retrieved 16 November 2023.
2. "Hierodula tenuidentata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "species Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
4. Patel, Shveta; Singh, Rajendra (2016). "Updated Checklist and Distribution of Mantidae (Mantodea: Insecta) of the World". International Journal of Research Studies in Zoology. 2 (4).
5. Vujić, Mihailo; Ivković, Slobodan (2023-03-31). "New records of allochthonous Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 (Mantodea: Mantidae) from Southeastern Europe, with evidence of its spread across the Pannonian Plain". Natura Croatica. 32 (1). Croatian Natural History Museum: 69–79. doi: 10.20302/nc.2023.32.5 . ISSN   1330-0520.
6. Battiston, R.; Puttaswamaiah, R.; Manjunath, N. (2018). "The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 27 (2): 155–158. doi: 10.3897/jor.27.28067 .