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]
| Orthodera | |
|---|---|
| |
| Orthodera ministralis | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantodea |
| Family: | Mantidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthoderinae |
| Genus: | Orthodera (Burmeister, 1838) |
| Species | |
Species
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Mantodea.SpeciesFile.org genus Orthodera Burmeister, 1838
- ^ [1] Texas A&M University
.jpg){kind=small} | This Mantidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |