Biology:Orthodera

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Short description: Genus of praying mantises

Orthodera
Orthodera ministralis.jpg
Orthodera ministralis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae
Subfamily: Orthoderinae
Genus: Orthodera
(Burmeister, 1838)
Species

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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

References

  1. Ramsay, G. W. 1990. Mantodea (Insecta) with a review of aspects of functional morphology and biology. Fauna of New Zealand. ISBN:0-477-02581-1. Published 13 June 1990.
  2. Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org genus Orthodera Burmeister, 1838
  3. [1] Texas A&M University

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