Biology:Titanodula
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Short description: Genus of praying mantises
| Titanodula | |
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| Titanodula formosana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Tribe: | Hierodulini |
| Genus: | Titanodula Vermeersch, 2020 |
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Titanodula is a genus of mantids in the subfamily Hierodulinae. There are currently five species placed in Titanodula. The genus is endemic to Asia and is distinguished from the similar genus Hierodula by the large size and unique male genitalia of its member species.[1]
Species
- Titanodula attenboroughi Vermeersch, 2020
- Titanodula formosana (Giglio-Tos, 1912)[2]
- Titanodula fruhstorferi (Werner, 1916)
- Titanodula grandis (Saussure, 1870)
- Titanodula menglaensis Liu, 2021[3]
References
- ↑ Xavier H.C. Vermeersch. 2020. Titanodula gen. nov., A New Genus of Giant Oriental Praying Mantises (Mantodea: Mantidae: Hierodulinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology. 100: 1–18.
- ↑ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "species Hierodula formosana Giglio-Tos, 1912". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ Liu QP, Liu ZJ, Wang GL, Yin ZX. Taxonomic revision of the praying mantis subfamily Hierodulinae of China (Mantodea: Mantidae). Zootaxa. 2021 Apr 7;4951(3):zootaxa-4951.
Wikidata ☰ Q105226767 entry
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