Tenodera

Tenodera is a genus of mantis in the subfamily Mantinae of the family Mantidae which contains several species of praying mantises. The species in this genus can be found in North America, Asia, Africa, Australia.[1]

Tenodera
Adult male Tenodera sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Tribe: Tenoderini
Genus: Tenodera
Burmeister, 1838
Type species
Mantis fasciata
(Olivier, 1792)
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Epitenodera (Giglio-Tos, 1911)
  • Paratenodera (Giglio-Tos, 1912)

Description

Specifically, mantids in this genus can be identified by their mid and hind femora which contain an apical spine.

Species

  • Tenodera acuticauda (Yang, 1997)
  • Tenodera angustipennis Saussure,1896 (Narrow-winged mantis)
  • Tenodera aridifolia (Stoll, 1813) (Japanese giant mantis)
  • Tenodera australasiae (Leach, 1814) (Purple-winged Mantis)
  • Tenodera blanchardi (Giglio-Tos, 1912)
  • Tenodera brevipennis (Saussure, 1871)
  • Tenodera capitata (Saussure, 1869)
  • Tenodera caudafissilis (Wang, 1992)
  • Tenodera chloreudeta (Burmeister, 1838)
  • Tenodera costalis (Blanchard, 1853)
  • Tenodera equatoriana (La Greca, 1993)
  • Tenodera fasciata (Olivier, 1792)
  • Tenodera gambiensis (Beier, 1931)
  • Tenodera herbacea (Serville, 1839)
  • Tenodera houyi (Werner, 1928)
  • Tenodera intermedia (Saussure, 1870)
  • Tenodera iringana (Giglio-Tos, 1912)
  • Tenodera nimbana (Roy, 1963)
  • Tenodera parasinensis (Otte & Spearman, 2004)
  • Tenodera philippina (Beier, 1929)
  • Tenodera rungsi (Uvarov, 1935)
  • Tenodera sinensis (Saussure, 1871) (Chinese Mantis)
  • Tenodera stotzneri (Werner, 1929)
  • Tenodera superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781)

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