Rhombodera valida

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Rhombodera valida
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Nymph
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Hierodulinae
Tribe: Hierodulini
Genus: Rhombodera
Species:
R. valida
Binomial name
Rhombodera valida
Burmeister, 1838
Synonyms
  • Mantis (Rhombodera) valida
    (Burmeister, 1838) [1]
  • Hierodula (Rhombodera) rotunda
    (Giglio-Tos, 1917) [2]
  • Hierodula (Rhombodera) valida [3]

Rhombodera valida is a species of praying mantises in the family Mantidae, found in Indomalaya. [2] [3] [4]

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Etymology

In Latin "valida" means strong, powerful or valid. [1] [5] Rhomboid shape. In Greek dera means neck. [6]

Description

Rhombodera valida has a broader, sub-circular, rhomboidal pronotum than Rhombodera basalis . [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". 72. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1920: 68. ISSN   0097-3157.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Rhombodera valida". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  3. 1 2 Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "species Rhombodera valida Burmeister, 1838". 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. William Whitaker's Words valida
  6. Blatchley, Willis Stanley (1920). Orthoptera of northeastern America: with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. The Nature Publishing Company. p.  122.