Hierodula tenuidentata is a species of praying mantis, sharing its common name giant Asian mantis with other large members of genus Hierodula in the family Mantidae.[2][3] It is native to India,[4] and has been introduced to Greece[1] and elsewhere in southern Europe, including Hungary, Romania, and Serbia. [5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Subfamily: | Hierodulinae |
| Tribe: | Hierodulini |
| Genus: | Hierodula |
| Species: | H. tenuidentata
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| Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869
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Behaviour
editIt has learned to opportunistically prey on fish.[6]
Subspecies
editThere are two valid subspecies belong to the species Hierodula tenuidentata
References
edit- ^ a b Shcherbakov, E. & Battiston, R. (2020). "Hierodula tenuidentata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T118892125A118892175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T118892125A118892175.en. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Hierodula tenuidentata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Spearman, Lauren; Stiewe, Martin B. D. (2019). "species Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869". Mantodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Patel, Shveta; Singh, Rajendra (2016). "Updated Checklist and Distribution of Mantidae (Mantodea : Insecta) of the World". International Journal of Research Studies in Zoology. 2 (4).
- ^ Vujić, Mihailo; Ivković, Slobodan (2023-03-31). "New records of allochthonous Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 (Mantodea: Mantidae) from Southeastern Europe, with evidence of its spread across the Pannonian Plain". Natura Croatica. 32 (1). Croatian Natural History Museum: 69–79. doi:10.20302/nc.2023.32.5. ISSN 1330-0520.
- ^ Battiston, R.; Puttaswamaiah, R.; Manjunath, N. (2018). "The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 27 (2): 155–158. doi:10.3897/jor.27.28067.