Tenodera aridifolia

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Tenodera aridifolia
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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]

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Range

Tenodera aridifolia is distributed in China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Indonesia.

Description

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

Subspecies

There are two subspecies: [5]

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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.