''Tenodera aridifolia'' is a species of

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Mantinae Mantinae is a subfamily of praying mantids of the family Mantidae. It was authored by Hermann Burmeister in 1838. Tribes and genera The ''Mantodea Species File'' now lists just three genera here, effectively in a single tribe: Mantini *'' M ...

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Chinese mantis The Chinese mantis (''Tenodera sinensis'') is a species of mantis native to Asia and the nearby islands. In 1896 this species was accidentally introduced by a nursery tender at Mt. Airy near Philadelphia, United States. ''Tenodera sinensis'' oft ...

, ''T. sinensis'', was once considered to be a subspecies of ''T. aridifolia'', but the species can be distinguished by the shape of male genitalia.

Range

''Tenodera aridifolia'' is distributed in

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Description

Males are 67–73mm in length, and females are 77–84mm.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:''Tenodera aridifolia''.
Mantodea Species File Online. *''Tenodera aridifolia aridifolia'' (Stoll, 1813) *''Tenodera aridifolia brevicollis'' (Breier, 1933)

Gallery

File:Tenodera aridifolia01.JPG, Adult male in

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File:Japanese giant mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) in Tokyo.webm, Video of ''Tenodera aridifolia'' in Tokyo, Japan in 2016

References

External links

''Tenodera sinensis''.
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