Titanodula fruhstorferi

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Titanodula fruhstorferi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Genus: Titanodula
Species:
T. fruhstorferi
Binomial name
Titanodula fruhstorferi
 (Werner, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Hierodula fruhstorferiWerner, 1916

Titanodula fruhstorferi [1] is a praying mantis species in the subfamily Hierodulinae. [2]

Contents

This species may be endemic to Vietnam. [3]

Taxonomy

T. fruhstorferi was originally placed in Hierodula , but a 2020 study moved the species to a new genus, Titanodula , based on its large size and the unique shape of the male genitalia. [4]

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References

  1. Werner (1916) Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 66: 266.
  2. Mantodea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 31 August 2019)
  3. Ta Huy Thinh (2010) A list of praying mantids (Mantodea, insecta) of Vietnam. Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 32(1): 17-25. (in Vietnamese)
  4. Xavier H.C. Vermeersch. 2020. Titanodula gen. nov., A New Genus of Giant Oriental Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Mantidae: Hierodulinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology.100: 1–18.