Tenodera aridifolia

Tenodera aridifolia

''Tenodera aridifolia'' is a species of praying mantis in the subfamily Mantinae of the family Mantidae.
Kamakiri Macro shot of a Japanese praying mantis. Geotagged,Japan,Tenodera aridifolia,praying mantis

Appearance

Males are 68-92mm in length while females are 77-105mm in length. ''Tenodera aridifolia angustipennis'' in this species have an orange dot between their front legs and are much smaller than one or both of the other subspecies, ''Tenodera aridifolia aridifolia'' and ''Tenodera aridifolia brevicollis''. The Mantids in this species look very similar to the species ''Tenodera sinensis''.
Japanese Giant Mantis - Tenodera aridifolia Giant Mantis,Malaysia,Mantis,Pahang,Praying Mantis,Tenodera aridifolia

Naming

*''Tenodera angustipennis''
⤷ ''Tenodera aridifolia aridifolia''
⤷ ''Tenodera aridifolia brevicollis''

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderMantodea
FamilyMantidae
GenusTenodera
SpeciesTenodera aridifolia
Photographed in
Japan
Malaysia