Rhombodera

Taxobox
name = "Rhombodera"


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Mantodea
familia = Mantidae
genus = "Rhombodera"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =see text

"Rhombodera" is a genus of praying mantises native to Asia and possessing common names such as Shield Mantis, Hood Mantis (or Hooded Mantis), and Leaf Mantis (or Leafy Mantis) because of their extended, leaf-like thoraxes. [ [http://www.phasmidsincyberspace.com/RhomboderaMegaera.html] Mantis ("Rhombodera megaera")] [ [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Arthropoda/Insects/Mantodea/Family/Mantidae.txt] Texas A&M Univeristy] [ [http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id97391/] "Choeradodis rhomboidea" Taxon Profile ]

Species of "Choeradodis" include:
*"Rhombodera basalis" (Giant Malaysian Shield Mantis [ [http://www.mantiskingdom.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=3] Giant Malaysian Shield Mantis] )
*"Rhombodera boschmai"
*"Rhombodera brachynota"
*"Rhombodera butleri"
*"Rhombodera crassa"
*"Rhombodera doriana"
*"Rhombodera extensicollis" (Giant Shield Mantis)
*"Rhombodera extraordinaria"
*"Rhombodera flava"
*"Rhombodera fratricida"
*"Rhombodera fusca"
*"Rhombodera handschini"
*"Rhombodera javana"
*"Rhombodera keiana"
*"Rhombodera kirbyi"
*"Rhombodera laticollis"
*"Rhombodera latipronotum"
*"Rhombodera lingulata"
*"Rhombodera megaera" (Giant Shield Mantis)
*"Rhombodera mjoebergi"
*"Rhombodera morokana"
*"Rhombodera ornatipes"
*"Rhombodera palawanensis"
*"Rhombodera papuana"
*"Rhombodera rennellana"
*"Rhombodera rollei"
*"Rhombodera sjoestedti"
*"Rhombodera stalii"
*"Rhombodera taprobana"
*"Rhombodera tectiformis"
*"Rhombodera titania"
*"Rhombodera valida"
*"Rhombodera woodmasoni"
*"Rhombodera zhangi"

ee also

*List of mantis genera and species
*Leaf Mantis
*Shield Mantis

References