Tenodera aridifolia explained

Tenodera aridifolia, the Japanese giant mantis,^[1] is a species of mantis in the subfamily Mantinae. The Chinese mantis,^[2] T. sinensis, was once considered to be a subspecies of T. aridifolia, but the species can be distinguished by the shape of male genitalia.^[3]

Range

Tenodera aridifolia is distributed in China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Indonesia.

Description

Males are 67–73mm in length, and females are 77–84mm.^[4]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:^[5]

• Tenodera aridifolia aridifolia (Stoll, 1813)
• Tenodera aridifolia brevicollis (Breier, 1933)

External links

• Tenodera sinensis. Bugguide.net

Notes and References

1. Web site: Japanese Giant Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) . 2024-04-14 . iNaturalist . en.
2. https://sites.duke.edu/dukeinsects/insect-orders/mantodea/tenodera-aridifolia Chinese mantis.
3. Jensen, Dana & Svenson, Gavin & Song, Hojun & Whiting, Michael. (2009). Phylogeny and evolution of male genitalia within the praying mantis genus Tenodera (Mantodea: Mantidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 23. 409-421. 10.1071/IS09004.
4. Schwarz, Christian & Ehrmann, Reinhard & Borer, Matthias & Monnerat, Christian. (2018). Mantodea (Insecta) of Nepal ‒ corrections and annotations to the checklist. Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya. 201-247.
5. http://mantodea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1184314 Tenodera aridifolia.