Tenodera

Taxobox
name = "Tenodera"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Chinese mantis eating a bumblebee
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Mantodea
familia = Mantidae
genus = "Tenodera"
genus_authority = Burmeister, 1838
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "See text"

The genus "Tenodera" contains several species of praying mantis.

Specifically, mantids in this genus can be identified by their mid and hind femora which contain an apical spine.

pecies

May not be a complete list:

*"T. angustipennis" - "narrow-winged mantis"
**"T. aridifolia sinensis" - "Chinese mantis"
*"T. australasiae" - "purple-winged mantid"
*"T. superstitiosa" found in Africa

ee also

*List of mantis genera and species

ources

* [http://www.earthlife.net/insects/man-fam3.htm#A1 A key to Mantidae classification]

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Tenodera Tree of Life - "Tenodera"]