Tenodera aridifolia

Tenodera aridifolia
Adult female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Mantodea
Family:	Mantidae
Genus:	Tenodera
Species:	T. aridifolia
Binomial name
Tenodera aridifolia (Stoll, 1813)
Subspecies
T. a. aridifolia(Stoll, 1813) T. a. brevicollis(Breier, 1933)

Tenodera aridifolia, the Japanese giant mantis, ^[1] is a species of mantis in the subfamily Mantinae. The Chinese mantis, ^[2] T. sinensis, was once considered to be a subspecies of T. aridifolia, but the species can be distinguished by the shape of male genitalia. ^[3]

Range

Tenodera aridifolia is distributed in China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Indonesia.^{[ citation needed ]}

Description

Males are 67–73mm in length, and females are 77–84mm. ^[4]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies: ^[5]

• Tenodera aridifolia aridifolia(Stoll, 1813)
• Tenodera aridifolia brevicollis(Breier, 1933)

Gallery

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  Adult male in Taipei, Taiwan
• Video of Tenodera aridifolia in Tokyo, Japan in 2016

References

1. "Japanese Giant Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
2. Chinese mantis. Insects of the Duke Campus. Duke University.
3. Jensen, Dana & Svenson, Gavin & Song, Hojun & Whiting, Michael. (2009). Phylogeny and evolution of male genitalia within the praying mantis genus Tenodera (Mantodea: Mantidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 23. 409-421. 10.1071/IS09004.
4. Schwarz, Christian & Ehrmann, Reinhard & Borer, Matthias & Monnerat, Christian. (2018). Mantodea (Insecta) of Nepal ‒ corrections and annotations to the checklist. Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya. 201-247.
5. Tenodera aridifolia. Mantodea Species File Online.

External links

• Tenodera sinensis. Bugguide.net