Orthodera Explained

Orthodera is a genus of praying mantises that can be found in Australia and Southeast Asia, with one species (Orthodera novaezealandiae) said to be the only native species of mantis of New Zealand.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Orthodera australiana Giglio-Tos, 1917 Australia, New Zealand?^[3]
• Orthodera burmeisteri Wood-Mason, 1889 Australia, New Zealand?, New Guinea, Micronesia
• Orthodera gracilis Giglio-Tos, 1917 Australia
• Orthodera gunnii Le Guillou, 1841 Australia, Tasmania
• Orthodera insularis Beier, 1952 Sumba
• Orthodera ministralis Fabricius, 1775 (garden mantis) Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii
• Orthodera novaezealandiae Colenso, 1882 (New Zealand mantis) New Zealand
• Orthodera rubrocoxata Serville, 1839 Australia
• Orthodera timorensis Werner, 1933 Timor

See also

• List of mantis genera and species

Notes and References

1. Ramsay, G. W. 1990. Mantodea (Insecta) with a review of aspects of functional morphology and biology. Fauna of New Zealand. . Published 13 June 1990.
2. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1185060 Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org genus Orthodera Burmeister, 1838
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20141013063616/https://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Mantidae.txt