Paratoxodera

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Paratoxodera
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Paratoxodera sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Toxoderidae
Tribe: Toxoderini
Genus: Paratoxodera
Wood-Mason, 1889

Paratoxodera [1] [2] is a genus of praying mantids in the family Toxoderidae and tribe Toxoderini; species are recorded from Indo-China and Malesia.

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Species

The Mantodea Species File [3] lists:

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References

  1. Wood-Mason (1889) J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 58: 324
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 20 January 2019)