Species Tenodera aridifolia

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References

Close up of head, showing mouth parts. - Tenodera aridifolia - male

Praying Mantis - Species ID ? - Tenodera aridifolia

Chinese Mantid skin - Tenodera aridifolia

Chinese Mantid (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis) - Tenodera aridifolia

Mantid laying an ootheca - Tenodera aridifolia - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Mantodea (Mantids)

Family Mantidae

Genus Tenodera

Species aridifolia (Tenodera aridifolia)

Other Common Names

Giant Japanese Mantis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tenodera sinensis Saussure

Life Cycle

1. Ootheca. 2. First instar nymph. 3. Older nymph 4. Adult female. 5. Adult male

Remarks

Introduced from China in 1896 to combat pests. It outcompetes many of the native preying mantises, which in decline.

Internet References

Wikipedia

Mantis facts

Journal of animal ecology

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 6 March, 2005 - 5:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 7 February, 2012 - 1:46pm

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