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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids (Mantodea) » Mantidae » Mantinae » Tenodera

Genus Tenodera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Internet References
Mantis 3 - Tenodera sinensis - female Praying Mantis Laying an Ootheca - Tenodera sinensis - female Chinese mantis? - Tenodera sinensis Tenodera angustipennis Tenodera sinensis ootheca - Tenodera sinensis Tenodera sinensis - female Mantis - Tenodera sinensis Mantis species - Tenodera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mantodea (Mantids)
Family Mantidae
Subfamily Mantinae
Genus Tenodera
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Burmeister, 1838.
Numbers
There are at least 2 species in North America. All are introduced. The two common ones:
Tenodera angustipennis Saussure 1869
Tenodera sinensis Stoll 1813
There are potentially more species and more to come.
Identification
Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) has a yellow spot between the raptorial arms, whereas Narrow-winged (Tenodera angustipennis) has an orange spot:

Internet References
Mantidforum
Wikipedia
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, metrioptera, Arturo Santos
Last updated 12 September, 2023 - 2:14pm

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