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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Mantinae » Tenodera » Narrow-winged Mantis (Tenodera angustipennis)

Species Tenodera angustipennis - Narrow-winged Mantis

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Which Mantis? - Tenodera angustipennis - male Narrow-winged Mantid - Tenodera angustipennis Tenodera angustipennis - male Tenodera angustipennis ootheca of Tenodera angustipennis - Tenodera angustipennis Mantid - Tenodera angustipennis - male Mantis egg case - Tenodera angustipennis mantis - Tenodera angustipennis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Mantinae
Genus Tenodera
Species angustipennis (Narrow-winged Mantis)
Other Common Names
Japanese Mantis
Explanation of Names
Author of species is Saussure, 1869.
Identification
Similar in appearance to the Chinese mantid. Orange spot between raptorial arms.
Range
Eastern US
Life Cycle
Egg case, nymph, adult
Remarks
According to ITIS, this is an introduced species.
According to Wikipedia, it is native to Japan and nearby areas.
Introduced in 1930
Internet References
Nomina-Nearctica
Wikipedia
ITIS
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 15 August, 2008 - 8:29am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John Stanard
Last updated 28 January, 2018 - 9:13am

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